Samson Siasia Resigns As Nigeria’s U-23 Football Team Coach


Samson Siasia has resigned as the coach of Nigeria’s U-23 football team as as a result of what he describes as “a disrespectful system”.

Siasia, dictincly the most decorated African coach at the Rio-Olympics, having also won a silver medal in Beijing in 2008, allege nonpayment of his allownces for the past five months by the Nigeria Football Federation.

He confirmed that he had quit Nigeria football after "a turbulent and incredible campaign in Rio.

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