The Nation Newspaper Diri congratulates Finidi George on Eagles job
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri has congratulated Bayelsa-born newly appointed Head Coach of the Nigerian national football team, Finidi George.
His Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, quoted the governor as having commended the NFF for appointing an indigenous coach for the prestigious job. “Yesterday, the NFF President was with me here in Yenagoa and he told me that, Your Excellency, you did not even lobby for your son while other governors were lobbying for their own to be the coach. I said, you know my disposition. I always allow merit to come to play.“In our discussion, I also made it clear that Finidi never called me to say, Your Excellency, I am going for this, please lobby for me. So I believe he got it on his own merit and he is going to serve Nigeria.
Finidi George is the fourth Super Eagles Head Coach who hails from Bayelsa State. Others before him were the late Paul Hamilton, Monday Sinclair and Samson Siasia. Interestingly, they are all from Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
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