Heartland chairman, Fan Ndubuoke has strongly backed Super Eagles manager, Stephen Keshi to head to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil with his charges.
Shortly after Nigeria booked passage to the quadrennial global football showpiece at the expense of Ethiopia discussions have shifted to whether or not the former Togo coach should head to the World Cup with his wards or play second fiddle to a superior in Brazil leading to Keshi quoted as saying he is not scared of being sacked.
Ndubuoke said the former Nigerian defender should be given the whole support he needs to guide the side to their fifth campaign at the global football event but that Keshi should avail himself to quality advice.
"Nobody should consider sacking Keshi or imposing somebody on him no matter what but he should come down from his Olympian height to seek quality advice from coaches, seasoned administrators as well as media personnel on how to go about his assignment in Brazil.
"Keshi will do himself a lot of good to reduce his bossy posture and I-know-it-all attitude as well as avoid the utterances like I don't care if I'm sacked.
"No one knows it all, he should listen, take advice and open doors for useful criticisms and suggestions.
"I recall the critical role the media played in Nigeria's qualification for her debut at USA '94 Fifa World Cup similar role could still be available to him if he asked for it.
"It was inexperience that caused the USA '94 side's progression in the hands of the Azzurri of Italy. That squad remains the finest till date.
"Keshi's biggest challenge is that he doesn't watch the domestic league, he hardly goes round to watch matches.
"For the assignment in Brazil to be successful he must move around and pick quality players that will add value to his squad and soften the expected rough edges in Brazil.
"I don't support sack or imposition of anybody on him that will be counter-productive to any gain we hope to achieve at the World Cup, he should be supported to finish what he has started," Ndubuoke said to supersport.com.
Nigeria's best performance at the World Cup remains their debut at the 1994 edition in the USA under the guidance of Dutchman, Clemens Westerhof.
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