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Super Eagles to have foreign technical adviser

LAGOS, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- The much-expected foreign technical adviser for the Super Eagles, the Nigerian national football team, will be appointed by its new board to be elected next month, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported Wednesday.

The NAN quoted Taiwo Ogunjobi, secretary-general of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), as saying that a foreign coach will not be hired till a new board was elected.

"I will present a paper to the board when it emerges because the issue is for collective responsibility," Ogunjobi said. " Besides, I don't want to be accused of taking unilateral decision on the matter since we expect a ...

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