Nigeria Football Federation<\/a> (NFF).<\/p>\nUnder Dennerby the Super Falcons reached the last 16 of this year’s World Cup after they won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations last year.<\/p>\n
The issues, which the NFF are yet to comment on, have led to Dennerby excusing himself from at least the next two Super Falcons games.<\/p>\n
Nigeria are due to face Ivory Coast next month in a two-legged 2020 Olympic qualifier and Dare wants Dennerby to change his mind.<\/p>\n
“I have personally stepped into the matter of Thomas Dennerby, the coach of Super Falcons. I received a brief this morning and will proceed to seek a quick resolution to ensure he continues to coach Nigeria’s female team,” Dare revealed on his official social media.<\/p>\n
“An hour ago I had a constructive conversation on the telephone with Super Falcons coach Dennerby in Sweden. I have also spoken with the NFF leadership. We are working to resolve the issues in the interest of football development.”<\/p>\n
BBC Sport understands that Dennerby is now expected in the capital Abuja this weekend for a face-to-face meeting with the minister and his employers to discuss his future.<\/p>\n
Appointed in January 2018 as a replacement for Florence Omagbemi, Dennerby led the side to a maiden regional (Wafu) title in May before guiding them at the World Cup.<\/p>\n
The first foreign coach to both qualify for and lead Nigeria at the World Cup, his team’s run in France was the country’s best performance in two decades – after their quarterfinal finish in 1999.<\/p>\n
Nine-time African champions Nigeria are aiming to return to the quadrennial event after missing out on the 2012 and 2016 Olympic tournaments.<\/p>\n
In the absence of Dennerby, the NFF has already drafted in under-20 women’s coach Christopher Danjuma for the third round of the African qualifiers for the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n
The caretaker coach has already replaced Dennerby’s choice as captain, Desire Oparanozie, and handed the role to maiden BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year winner Asisat Oshoala.<\/p>\n
Nigeria travel to Abidjan on 2 October for the first leg, before hosting their West African rivals in the reverse fixture in Lagos four days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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