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November 20, 2019
TheMinister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare says the issue ofcontract extension for Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr lies with the NigeriaFootball Federation, NFF.
Hegave the clarification at a brief meeting with Rohr before dashing for theweekly Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting in Abuja.
Dare,however, stressed that the Ministry would continue to give the Coach necessarysupport as the NFF finalises its meeting on the contract discussions.
Rohr’scurrent contract expires in June 2020 which will fall to the middle of the 2021AFCON qualifiers.
Darecharged the Coach not to be distracted but intensify efforts to take Nigerianfootball to the pinnacle. He also tasked the Coach on working with stakeholdersto develop the Nigeria Professional League in line with international bestpractice.
Earlier,Rohr congratulated the Minister on his appointment and efforts to repositionNigerian sports. He pledged to work more closely with the minister goingforward as the Super Eagles strive to pick the AFCON 2021 ticket.