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NFF axe Falcons coach, Edwin Okon
After picking up just a single point at the FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, the 'praying coach' who snubbed a hand shake from his American counter part, pays the ultimate price.
NFF Technical Committee Chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, yesterday in Abuja praised Coach Okon and his crew for doing their best within the period they were in charge of the team, adding, however, "the contract given to the crew has elapsed with the Women's World Cup in Canada."
Anyansi revealed that "Mr. Christopher Danjuma will now take over the team in acting capacity, pending the appointment of a substantive coaching crew, which process is ongoing."
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday dropped Super Falcons' Coach, Edwin Okon, from the women national team. In his place, the federation named former Plateau United tactician, Christopher Danjuma, in acting capacity.
NFF Technical Committee Chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, yesterday in Abuja praised Coach Okon and his crew for doing their best within the period they were in charge of the team, adding, however, "the contract given to the crew has elapsed with the Women's World Cup in Canada."
Anyansi revealed that "Mr. Christopher Danjuma will now take over the team in acting capacity, pending the appointment of a substantive coaching crew, which process is ongoing."
Anyansi-Agwu also assured that the NFF would support Christopher and his crew to qualify the Falcons for the women's football event of the 2016 Olympics, billed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Danjuma was an assistant to Okon in the previous dispensation and his first assignment will be to see the Falcons past Equatorial Guinea, with the first leg in Port Harcourt on July 18 and the return leg in Bata on August 2.