The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will meet in Abuja on Thursday to discuss the vacant post of Super Eagles head coach.
The contract of Stephen Keshi, who led the country to their third African title in 2013 and the last 16 at the World Cup in Brazil, has not been renewed.
Keshi, 52, has reportedly asked for double his $30,000-a-month salary, for monies to be paid upfront to avoid delays and that he should be allowed to pick his staff.
Keshi's fate to be decided by NFF
According to an official press statement, there is an urgent need for the NFF to decide on a coach for the Super Eagles, who have a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at home on 6 September.
Among other issues for discussion by the 13-member committee in the capital is a review of Nigeria's performance at the World Cup in Brazil, and an appraisal of the preparation of the U-20 Women's team, the Falconets, for the Under-20 Women's World Cup in Canada next month.
There are also plans too deliberate on the country's participation in the qualifying series for the 2015 African U-17 and African U-20 Championships.
The reinstated NFF board will also discuss the 2014 Annual General Assembly of the Federation, which is the elective congress, set for next month as well as the grand finale of this year's men and women's Federation Cup competitions, tentatively slated for Lagos on 16 August.
Meanwhile, Nigeria's sports minister Tammy Danagogo says football officials in the country must put aside their differences for Nigeria to go beyond the round of 16 at the World Cup.
"The only way we can go beyond round of 16 is to ensure that the right things are done," he said.
"If [the round of 16] is a jinx we must break it. And it is by ensuring that the right things happen; by ensuring that NFF does not complain that the minister is disturbing them.
"It is by ensuring that club owners are not complaining against the NFF, it is by ensuring players and coaches are not complaining that NFF or club owners are short-changing them."
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