As Otedola promises Super Eagles $250,000 if they win tournament
The Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), has said Augustine Eguavoen can keep the national team job permanently if he wants.
The 56-year-old stepped in on an interim basis after Gernot Rohr was sacked in December.
Eguavoen has so far impressed at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, with the Super Eagles winning all their Group D fixtures.
However, he was supposed to hand over to Jose Peseiro after the tournament. But ESPN reports that the NFF is having second thoughts about that. We will have to leave him there unless he doesnt want the job, an NFF source said.
Eguavoen is currently the NFF Technical Director, but the football house would allow him to handle both roles.
Meanwhile, Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola has promised the Super Eagles squad $250,000, if they lift the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, (AFCON), in Cameroon.
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, who represented CACOVID during a visit to the teams camp in Cameroon, made the disclosure.
He also said the private sector-led platform, established to assist the government in combating Covid-19 in the country, will also give the Super Eagles team $120,000 for the six goals they scored in the group stage of the tournament.
Recall, the Eagles finished the group stage with six goals, which amounted to $120,000.
Emefiele, who praised the team for their performance at the AFCON, also added that CACOVID has increased the amount for every goal scored to $50,000 in the round of 16.
