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The NFF Technical and Development Committee has appointed Akwa United Coach, Abdul Maikaba as Head Coach of the U17 boys, Golden Eaglets.
Abdul Maikaba, who won the Aiteo Cup with Akwa United this season, will head the new technical crew.
Abubakar Bala was named First Assistant Coach while Oluwafunsho Bunmi Haruna and Baruwa Abideen will serve as Second Assistant Coach and Goalkeepers’ Trainer respectively.
Nigeria won the FIFA Cadet World Cup (which debuted in China in 1985 as an U16 competition) in 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013 and 2015.
