Sunday Oliseh has announced his resignation as Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
The action is believed to be a fallout of his running battles with the officials of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF.
Oliseh announced his resignation on Twitter on Friday morning.
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Due to Contract violations ,lack of Support,Unpaid wages,Benefits to my players,Asst.Coaches & myself, I resign as Super Eagles Chief Coach
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The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has given March 31 as deadline for Dangote Group and other owners of abandoned vehicles across the country to evacuate them.
Speaking during an interactive session with the management of Dangote Group in Abuja on Thursday, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi said that the abandoned vehicles constituted security risks to the society.
"Dangote Group has one of the largest fleets of vehicles in the country and same way it has the highest number of abandoned vehicles on the highways.
"We have been given directive by our supervisor, Office of the Secretary to the Federal Government, to clear the roads of the wrecks before end of March.
"Also, from recent report of the Directorate of State Services (DSS), we have been mandated to clear abandoned vehicles to reduce miscreants on the roads.
"I am highly delighted to have the delegation of Dangote Group here today and I am assuring them of FRSC's assistance so that they can meet the deadline.
"All other owners of abandoned vehicles are thereby expected to evacuate their vehicles before the deadline of March 31 , in order to avoid penalties", he said.
The Corps Marshal advised large fleet operators like Dangote Group to ensure continuous training and retraining of their drivers in order not to compromise safety on the roads.
"Heavy duty vehicle drivers are expected to be professional drivers, who value lives and worth of their vehicles and goods, which should make them to be more careful on the roads.
"Having about 6,000 trucks, tankers and trailers, each costing about N60 million, apart from goods, operators like Dangote are expected to establish their own driving schools for periodic training of drivers.
The company is also expected to have weigh bridges in their plants and other loading points so that they will not engage in Axle load violation," he added.
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has directed the Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh to henceforth be reporting to its Technical Director, Amodu Shuaibu.
The Chairman, Technical and Development Committee of the football federation, Chris Green said that the directive was to allow for smoother coordination.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that Green said on Thursday in Abuja that NFF’s Technical Department was structured to make all the national team coaches report directly to the Technical Director.
“Shuaibu Amodu is the National Technical Director and as such he is involved in all the games of the national teams, whether in the under-17, under-20 or Super Eagles.
“Normally, as the National Technical Director, Oliseh will report to him (Amodu), while he (Amodu) reports to the Technical Committee and from there to the General Secretary and finally to the Executive Committee of the NFF.
“His (Amodu) function is to prepare programmes for the Federation for the various national teams for the next five years. So, for every game we play, he is involved by virtue of his position.
“All of us will have to work together. Oliseh is the Head Coach of the Super Eagles, while Amodu is the National Technical Director.
“However, Amodu is not directly involved in the handling of the Super Eagles, but he is directly involved in the formulation of policies and programmes for all the national teams,” he said.
He assured that the Technical Director would not usurp the duties of the Head Coach.
“He will only give directives through his programmes and policies for the team, ahead of the qualifiers with Egypt, Tanzania and Chad,” he added.
The Disability Progressive Group, a union of people living with disabilities in Plateau State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing one of their own a special adviser.
The group in pledging its support to President Buhari said his appointment of a disabled person Dr. Samuel Ankeli, as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters showed that he cares about the physically challenged.
The leader of DPG, Mr Bulus Shanding said this in a statement he issued in Jos on Thursday.
“The appointment of Dr. Samuel Ankeli as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters is well deserved, considering his desire to contribute to national growth. His personal contributions during 2015 polls campaigns was unquantifiable. Dr. Ankeli was the Director Disability Mobilization Forum APC Presidential campaign.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for the support of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, OIC to rehabilitate the country's Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs.
He said that the country needed the support of the OIC to rebuild the parts of the country destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents.
According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari spoke in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the OIC, Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani.
Buhari invited the organization to visit parts of the country ravaged by the insurgency, especially Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states for on the spot assessment of the situation.
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