• Demands same N5m monthly pay as Keshi
• Expected in Abuja next Tuesday evening
AfricanFootball.com has again scooped that in-coming Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has told officials he is comfortable to be paid the same five million Naira (more than $21,000) a month his predecessor Stephen Keshi earned.
The former Nigeria skipper is due to fly into Abuja on Tuesday evening and hours later meet with the NFF technical committee headed by Felix Anyansi-Agwu.
“Oliseh is ready to earn the same pay Keshi was on. This again shows he is ready to serve his fatherland and money is not what is driving him. This is another good sign with the decision to give him the job without much fanfare,” a top official told AfricanFootball.com.
The NFF have confirmed Oliseh, 40, will replace Keshi and he will be handed a five-year contract.
His backroom staff will include a Dutch assistant coach, Salisu Yusuf as well as Ike Shorunmu, who will remain as goalkeeper trainer. His most immediate task will be a 2017 AFCON qualifier in Tanzania.
The Super Eagles beat Chad 2-0 in Kaduna earlier last month to get their qualifying campaign for Gabon 2017 off to a winning start. Egypt are also in the same qualifying pool.