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New coach of the
Nigerian national football team, Samson Siasia will today sign his
contract with the Nigeria Football federation (NFF).

The event which will take place at the Glass House secretariat of the NFF in Abuja is scheduled to commence around 12 noon.

The unveiling of
the 43-year-old former Super Eagles striker, who emerged as the
national team’s new coach ahead of former Mali and Togo coach Stephen
Keshi, had earlier been scheduled for November 8 but was postponed
because of a nationwide strike by the country’s labour unions.

The contract
signing and unveiling was further delayed by the absence of the NFF
President, Aminu Maigari. Maigari, only returned to the country at the
weekend after having a successful surgery in South Africa.

Unveiling comes up tomorrow

After signing the
contract today, Siasia will be unveiled tomorrow, also at the NFF
secretariat. This was disclosed by the Deji Tinubu, head of the NFF’s
marketing committee.

“The signing
ceremony will be done on Tuesday (today) in Abuja while the unveiling
to the general public will come up on Wednesday,” said Tinubu, a former
member of the Lagos State FA.

“Everything has
been put in place for a successful ceremony and the only thing that can
stop this from happening is if there is another nationwide strike,”
added Tinubu.

At today’s
ceremony, Siasia is expected to sign a four-year contract with the NFF,
which is expected to last until the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

His primary
assignment is however to ensure that the Super Eagles secure a berth to
the 2012 African Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea
and Gabon.

The Super Eagles are currently in second place behind Guinea in the
qualification race for the Cup of Nations, but they have four more
games to go and are expected to beat their west African rivals to the
group’s only automatic qualification spot to the tournament.