NFF President Ibrahim Gusau has announced that the fans will decide whether Jose Peseiro stays on or is sacked as Super Eagles coach.
Peseiro’s one-year contract runs out on June 30.
Gusau has now announced that the NFF will organise a special poll for fans to decide the fate of the 63-year-old coach, who has won four and lost five matches in charge of the Eagles.
“We have the plan to push the votes to Nigerians to hear their views and thoughts,” Gusau told the LovingFootball Radio show.
“We’ve tried the foreign coaches and also the local coaches.
“Maybe we didn’t get it right in the area of getting the right person. We are going to push it to the public, whether we should continue with Peseiro or he should go.”
Officials further informed SCORENigeria that the poll to be conducted through the telephone companies will generate much-needed funds for the NFF, who are facing a financial crisis that has meant they owe the Eagles coach several months’ pay.
He is on a salary of $70,000 a month.
Peseiro has qualified Nigeria for the 2023 AFCON following a 3-2 win away against Sierra Leone earlier this month.
However, the public is not convinced he is the man to lead the country to continental glory at the AFCON to be staged next year in Cote d’Ivoire.
His team selections have been questioned, the three-time African champions still rely on the individual brilliance of top stars Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze and he has lost more matches than he has won.
Former international Kadiri Ikhana, who led Enyimba to win the 2003 CAF Champions League, said Peseiro has not made any impact on the Super Eagles this past one year.
“The boys still play individually, there is no tactical play in this team,” Ikhana commented.
“The credit for the qualification to the Nations Cup should go to the players, not the coach.
“A Nigerian coach should be in charge of the team.”
Another ex-international Victor Ezeji argued that Peseiro be allowed to lead the team to the AFCON in January and after which his fate is decided.
“The man should be given a short-term contract after he qualified us for the AFCON,” he said.
“Let him lead us to the AFCON and then we decide his future after that.”
