Oliseh's resignation confirmed Technical Committee’s earlier warning - Chris Green

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The chairman of the Technical and Development Committee has revealed that the decision of the 41-year-old to jump ship only confirmed his fears about his lack of commitment.

Christopher Green, chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee,  has told Goal that the manner of the resignation of Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh vindicated the alarm raised by the committee regarding the team’s preparation for the forthcoming qualifier against Egypt.

Green and members of the Technical Committee were in constant running battle with Oliseh when he was in charge of the senior national team and at a time all of them volunteered to resign after the coach vehemently rejected to work with the committee stating that it was not included in his contract with the NFF.

In a chat with Goal, Green disclosed that it was never in the agenda of the NFF to sack Oliseh despite his flagrant abuse of his position as head coach and his vituperations at his employers and Nigerians and that having begged for forgiveness after his YouTube rant, the NFF wanted him to concentrate on the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier without distractions.

He said he was surprised to read in the media that Oliseh had resigned without recourse to the key double header with Egypt next month and that what the Technical Committee did to hand over the team to Samson Siasia, Salisu Yusuf and Emmanuel Amuneke and Alloy Agu was in the best interest of the Eagles and the build up to the game.

Green called on Nigerians to support the new appointments in the Eagles and that the most important issue now is to ensure that Nigeria does not miss the 2017 Afcon just like the 2015 edition.

“I want to say that we have been vindicated by the action taken by Oliseh," Green told Goal.

"The NFF never had it in mind to sack him despite his action towards the Federation and Nigerians. We wanted our preparation for the two games with Egypt to be hitch-free but since he has decided to do it this way, we wish him the best and we have appointed Siasia, Salisu Yusuf, Emmanuel Amuneke and Alloy Agu to ensure that there is no vacuum ahead of the AFCON qualifier.