Former Everton Star Daniel Amokachi Leads Nigeria Coaching Shake-Up

In a planned massive re-organisation of coaches by Nigeria, former World Cup star Daniel Amokachi has been pencilled in to lead the country's team to the FIFA World Youth Championships in Egypt. Former Enyimba coach, Kadiri Ikhana, may be drafted to the Under-17 team.

The technical committee of the NFF (Nigeria Football Federation), headed by Taiwo Ogunjobi, has recommended that the Super Eagles assistant coach, Amokachi, replace under-fire Ladan Bosso as coach of the country's youth team.

Olympic team coach Samson Siasia was the NFF's prime target to replace Bosso, who has come under-fire from both the public and press after the Flying Eagles finished third at the African Youth Championship in Rwanda.
The NFF's search light has since settled on Amokachi. However, the former Everton man could only take the job on the understanding that he, along with other Eagles assistant coaches Fatai Amoo and Aloy Agu, takes charge of the Flying Eagles when the full international squad are not busy.
"I have not heard anything about this," Amokachi said.
The FIFA World Youth Championship will be staged by Egypt and will last from September 25 to October 16.

Many observers believe Bosso is not the right man to lead the Junior Eagles to the tournament and are advocating a fresh start for the team.

In the same vein, Kadiri Ikhana is being considered to take over the national Under-17 team, the Golden Eaglets. There are fears that the herculean task of grooming a formidable unit may be too overwhelming for the current coach, Henry Nwosu.

Nigeria are set to host the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in October.

The recommendations of the technical committee will soon be deliberated upon by the board of the NFF.