Siasia to resign this week

Embattled Nigeria Senior Soccer Team Coach, Samson Siasia is considering the option of resignation to avoid being sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation. Eagles,
This is coming on the heels of a revelation by a top official of the federation that Siasia, whose team failed to qualify for the 2012 Africa Nations Cup, could throw in the towel this week. The NFF board will meet next week to deliberate on issues bordering on the country’s failure to make the 16-team 2012 Nations Cup.

The agenda also has the recommendation of the NFF Technical Committee, which the source said included sacking the coach for failing to fulfill the terms of his contract. Siasia, who was at the NFF secretariat yesterday, met with met with top shots of the football federation who advised him to resign to in order to give him the opportunity of a soft landing.
However, the acting Secretary of the Nigerian football body Amadu Musa told reporters that the board had not thought of forcing the coach to resign, adding that Siasia only visited the NFF secretariat in his capacity as the national team coach. He disclosed that the NFF board has received the technical committee’s recommendation, adding that the board would soon meet to deliberate on it.
“There is nothing like mounting pressure on the coach to resign,” Amadu said. “All I know is that the technical committee, which met to discuss the future of the coach following Super Eagles’ inability to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, has submitted its recommendations to the board and the board will meet soon to deliberate on them.
However indications has shown that Siasia  was considering bowing to the pressure to quit before the NFF board meets next week. Before leaving the NFF secretariat, Siasia told journalists that he was considering resigning or accepting to work under a technical adviser as recommended by the technical committee.
“I am still weighing the options,” he added.
Samson Siasia is the most successful indigenous Soccer Coach of Nigeria. He has both played and coached in different age grades in the nation's soccer winning many laurels for the country more than any other player (both as a coach and player). His inability to qualify the Senior National Soccer Team to the upcoming African Cup of Nations Tournament has cost him the favor of the Nigerian soccer loving populace who take winning soccer events in the country as a 'do or die' affair. Unfortunately, it has mostly turned to them a die affair.