Omagbemi still missing at falcon

Supersport.com can report that Super Falcons caretaker coach, Florence Omagbemi continuing stay away from camp is as a result of her discomfort withthe designation as interim.The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday, February 16 named the former Falcons captain and defender as assistant coach to yet to be named expatriate together with her former teammates, Perpetua Nkwocha and Ann Agumanu-Chiejine. Omagbemi was however asked to take charge of the team in an interim capacity.The reigning African champions already have a date, Monday, April 04 to confront Senegal or Guinea in Abuja for a place in the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Cameroon while the reverse leg holds in fortnight.Omagbemi in absentia invited old and new 40 players to commence preparations for the AWCON qualifying matches.Falcons camp opened on Tuesday, March 01 in Abuja as the trio of Ann Agumanu-Chiejine, Perpetua Nkwocha and Bala Mohammed are in-charge of training with no clear word or clue when the interim coach, Omagbemi will hit camp.The NFF technical committee head, Barr Chris Green told supersport.com on Tuesday, March 01 that Omagbemi personally requested for two weeks to hitFalcons camp which he graciously granted her.Two-week down the line the former defensive midfielder is nowhere near Falcons camp as at Tuesday, March 15 and her expected arrival date has been more than a speculation.However, supersport.com source said the former Super Falcons strongwoman wants nothing short of a substantive coaching role for the seven-time African champions.“Omagbemi is not in camp exactly two weeks camp resumed in Abuja and may not be there soonest or even when she eventually arrives will still shuttle between Nigeria and her base in the United States.“Omagbemi has not hidden her dislike with the assistant or interim coach arrangement rather she wants to be named a substantive coach right away.“She feels strongly that she has what it takes to steer the ship and help Falcons regain her fearsome status in Africa and globe.“Her lobbyists share the same sentiment and are working tirelessly to ensure the federation cancels the idea of hiring an expatriate while they hand the side’s fortune to her.“So the excuse of her absence regarding her participation in the Fifa coaching programme in the USA is flimsy as the main reason is to create a scene that will force the federation to rescind their decision to employ a foreign coach,” saidthe unnamed source to supersport.com.Omagbemi’s pedigree as a coach has been her stint with some American youth teams. She was Falconets assistant coach to the 2012 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan where the side lost toUSA in the semifinals.The Nigeria Football Federation decision to name the former captain, Florence Omagbemi as acting Super Falcons coach elicited wide misgivings.