Football executive and former deputy governor of Edo state, Shuaibu Philip says it will be unwise for the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, to accept Finidi George’s resignation; npflupdates.com reports.
Recall, Finidi resigned from his job as Super Eagles head coach just after two 2026 FIFA world cup qualifier fixtures against South Africa and Benin Republic.
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The former Ajax winger according to reports cited lack of support from the Nigeria Football Federation as one of the reasons for his resignation.
Shuaibu who was part of the set-up at Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side, Bendel Insurance during his time as a former deputy governor of Edo state argued that Finidi George’s resignation will do the Super Eagles no good.
Speaking after he, as guest player, captained the FCT Council of the Nigeria Union of journalists’ team at the ongoing NUJ Correspondents Chapel Tournament, said a little patience and better understanding of the major problems of the Super Eagles could have been better.
According to Shuaibu, the players are talented, and and team development takes time.
What Shuaibu said about Finidi George and the NFF
“The Super Eagles have not been impressive in recent times, we have the players but we don’t have team like England. We have to get a coach that will build a team. For me I would have left Finidi George to continue with the team, give him more time to build the team,” the former stated.
“I had a similar problem when we decided to rebuild Bendel insurance FC. There was pressure from many to fire the coach, but I chose not to. Instead, we brought in some players and after three years, we won promotion to NPFL, went unbeaten in a season and finally won the FA Cup after 43 years”
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He added: “We need patience to achieve success, you know all Nigerians are coaches. If you bring a whiteman to coach the Super Eagles, the difference is just the colour, I think we have what it takes here. That is my opinion.”
Finidi is the current head coach of former NPFL champions Rivers United.
