Miakaba has impressed since he took over at Akwa United in November 2016. In his first season at the Uyo-based club, h.

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He will lead the technical crew of the Golden Eaglets which comprises of  Niger Tornadoes' Abubakar Bala as First Assistant Coach, Oluwafunsho Bunmi Haruna a Second Assistant Coach and Baruwa Abideen as Goalkeepers’ Trainee.

These coaches will continue in their positions at their respective clubs which they will combine with the U -17 side.

Maikaba’s target will be to get Nigeria back to the FIFA U-2017 World Cup after they failed to qualify for the recently concluded 2017 edition.

Nigeria have won the competition five times- in 1985, 1993, 2007, 2013 and 2015.