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Abuja — Nigeria’s campaign for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations yesterday suffered a massive setback after Sunday Oliseh quit as coach, citing unpaid wages and contractual breaches.
Oliseh, who was just eight months into a three-year contract, said he quit because he did not enjoy the support of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
“Due to Contract violations, lack of Support, unpaid wages, benefits to my players, assistant coaches and myself, I resign as Super Eagles Chief Coach,” he wrote on Twitter in the early hours yesterday.
The man he replaced in July 2015, Stephen Keshi, had previously complained of unpaid wages and was later paid the arrears by Nigeria’s presidency in 2013.
Players have also protested in the past about unpaid bonuses.
Oliseh’s resignation comes just a month before a crunch Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt in the northern city of Kaduna with the return leg two days later in Cairo. — AFP
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