Ex Super Eagles midfielder,Sunday Oliseh's appointment could be stalled by the Federal Government as the Nigerian Football Federation have been accused of not conforming with the provisions of the Procurement Act procedure for engagement.
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The unveiling of ex-Super Eagles midfielder, Sunday Oliseh as the new head coach of the Super Eagles is threatened by the Federal Government through the National Sports Commission. Although the event has been scheduled for the 15th of July, 2015, but maybe stalled as the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has been accused of following appointment procedures that don't conform with the Procurment Act Procedure for engagement.
According to The Guardian, this information was contained in a letter sent to NFF from the office of the NSC yesterday, 12th of July, 2015. NSC stated that the office of the the head coach of the Super Eagles is still vacant and no one has been appointed to take over from Stephen Keshi.
A reliable source close to the management team of the National Sports commission made a long statement concerning the issue below:
“The procedure for hiring Sunday Oliseh did not pass through the Procurement Act. It was the same when the NSC employed the High Performance Directors.The Sports Commission requested for waiver for selective bidding, which enabled us to select people based on their credentials.
We selected people and interviewed them in the United Kingdom.The Deputy Director in charge of Procurement attended because it is a procurement exercise, which must go in accordance with the Procurement Act. The engagement of Oliseh is a contractual one but it is unfortunate that the federation may not have been guided accordingly.
If the federation goes ahead to unveil Oliseh on Wednesday without following the due process, they would be violating the Procurement Act, they would be found liable. The truth is that even if they have secured the consent of a private company to pick Oliseh’s bills, the law of the land on engagement must be observed.
The procedure is for the NFF to write to the Sports Commission informing them of their plans to engage a technical expertise like the Eagles chief coach and his assistants, specifying the terms of relationship. If they don’t want to advertise, they can do selective bidding.
If they must interview and hire Oliseh alone, they must apply for waiver of certificate of no objection giving reason for the decision to settle for him alone. Unveiling him on Wednesday is tantamount to violation of the due process of the procurement in accordance with Procurement Act.
Writing to NSC is just a point of information and point of information is not a legal process. NSC has no business with their day-to-day operation but if the operation violates the law, we will draw their attention to it and take any managerial and administrative measure that must be taken.
As I speak to you, NSC does not know whether there is any unveiling this week because we are an institution guided by official communication and far as we are concerned, nobody from the federation has communicated to us officially if there will be any unveiling”. the source said