President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has insisted that the NFF have no regrets in appointing ex-international, Sunday Oliseh as the manager of the Super Eagles.

Amaju maintained that Oliseh remains the best option for the team while also appealing to the fans to be patient and supportive.

He made this known on Tuesday via Twitter and the federation’s website as he defended some decisions of the FA that had taken public scrutiny.

He said, “We have no regrets appointing Sunday Oliseh. Other African countries were gunning for him, but he opted for his country. Oliseh’s stock in international football is high because apart from his work with FIFA, he has a company that trains and grades coaches all over the world.

“What the NFF, Oliseh, the League Management Company and other aspects of Nigerian football need is support from everyone, and patience, so that we can put in place our developmental programmes that will take the country’s game to a new height.”

In response to the regular criticisms of Oliseh due to his lack of experience, Pinnick responded that his national team playing career, which saw him winning the Africa Cup of Nations’ gold, silver and bronze, Olympic gold and working with the FIFA Technical Study Group, would take care of that area.

“Experience is accumulation of knowledge over time to be used in a given situation. Technology provides immediate solution. “Oliseh won’t be only a coach; he will be manager of the Super Eagles.”

Pinnick then urged critics of Nigerian football to be constructive and not destructive, and to cultivate the habit of proffering alternative solutions whenever they feel that the federation’s decisions were not good enough.

“Instead of simply castigating those at the helm of affairs, we should have tendency to offer what we believe are better solutions for specific issues. It is not about one person; it is about our dear country, Nigeria.