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Former Super Eagles and Wigan Athletic star Aghahowa explains why he shunned coaching

Former Super Eagles striker Julius Aghahowa has explained poor treatments of Nigerian coaches discouraged him from coaching.

Stephen Keshi and Shuaibu Amodu were two prominent former managers of the Nigeria national team who made key impacts during their time.

Keshi, a former Super Eagles captain, helped the West Africans claimed their third Africa Cup of Nations title in 2013 in South Africa and qualified the side for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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The duo complained of being owed backlog of salaries before their death in 2016 while Augustine Eguavoen and a number of other former Nigeria coaches also went through similar treatments.