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The President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has Amaju Pinnick, has revaled why Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, was sacked.
Speaking on Channels Television breakfast programmes, Sunrise Daily, on Monday, Pinnick said the football federation took the decision to fire the 68-year-old Franco-German coach on Sunday to prevent a “disaster waiting to happen.”
“It wasn’t an individual decision; it was a collective decision from the committee.
“We didn’t want a disaster to happen before taking the decision,” he said.
When asked whether the NFF owed Rohr some unpaid salaries, Pinnick said: “We are owing him a couple of monies and they will be cleared off (in) five months.”
The NFF had terminated Rohr’s contract as the Super Eagles coach on Sunday after months back and forth between the federation and the 68-year-old Franco-German coach who managed the first team for the past 64 months.
The football federation subsequently appointed Augustine Eguavoen, currently its Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles on an interim basis.