Austin Eguavoen, Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has denied reports that he is stepping down as interim coach of the Super Eagles following the team’s 2025 AFCON qualifiers against Benin Republic and Rwanda.
Eguavoen was appointed by the NFF to manage these two matches after the federation was unable to secure German coach Bruno Labbadia due to what they described as stringent German tax laws.
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“In the event, Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation, Coach Augustine Eguavoen, will now take charge of the Super Eagles for the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic (Uyo, September 7) and Rwanda (Kigali, September 10),” the statement announcing his appointment had partly read.
The 59-year-old coach guided Nigeria to a convincing 3-0 victory over Benin Republic in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, last Saturday. However, in the second match of the series on Tuesday, Nigeria was held to a goalless draw by Rwanda in Kigali.
Following the draw, reports circulated that Eguavoen had stepped down as interim coach. However, Eguavoen has refuted these claims and remains in charge as the team prepares for next month’s AFCON qualifiers double header against Libya.
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“It’s quite unfortunate that people just trigger something that is not correct. And the situation we are in now, we don’t need negative stories,” Eguavoen said on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja in a media chat.
“I only talked about sitting down with the hierarchy of the federation after these two games and we will see how to go about prosecuting the next games.
“But when I saw that story I was worried. Whatever people are reading out there aren’t correct. I’m still very much in charge. I’m the Technical Director of the NFF, saddled with the responsibility of taking the Super Eagles at this moment,” he said.
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