The much-desired Super Eagles job that Pitso Mosimane is being considered for has been defined as being a perfect fit for the former Bafana Bafana coach.
Mosimane is out of a coaching job at present since leaving UAE Pro League club Al Wahda last November.
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There has been the long-standing interest from Saudi Arabia where Abha Club became the latest club to engage him in recent weeks, but insiders say a deal is unlikely due to a variety of underhand factors.
With the superpower of Nigeria – who have the biggest population on the continent and a plethora of stars in top leagues, currently limping under Jose Peseiro, Mosimane is a strong candidate to take over after the AFCON.
Mosimane is keen on the job.
"Pitso is a good coach who I definitely believe would succeed in Nigeria," Williams Okpara tells KickOff.com.
Okpara is a former Super Eagles goalkeeper who earned legendary status at Orlando Pirates and has lived in South Africa since 1993.
"Pitso is a black coach and that is his only disadvantage in all of this but given the opportunity he will go places like he has already done.
"The challenge is that we have a problem with a fellow black and are driven by black hate.
"There is so much black-on-black hate planted on us that we don't feel another fellow black can have the biggest jobs.
"Let's forget about black-on-black hate here.
"I know Nigerian football in and out and all that Pitso will need is to be given the respect that he deserves then he will deliver.
"All that he needs is to be given a free rein without interference and influence.
"He is already a respectable coach in Africa who has broken barriers by going to coach in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and UAE as a black coach from Africa.
"For a black African coach to go and coach in Saudi is not easy even if it's in the third or fourth division.
"If Pitso was white he would have been further than he is now considering his achievements which he didn't buy from the market or pick up from the streets.
"I believe in Pitso because he worked for everything that he has achieved after starting his coaching career with an academy in Soweto.
"I rate Pitso highly regardless of what other people are saying and if he gets the Super Eagles job, I will give him all the support.
"With that Super Eagles job, he must stamp his foot on the ground in declaring how he wants to do his job.
"It has happened before that a coach gets the job, but the conditions are not favourable and lead to him failing.
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"Pitso knows all the Nigerian players in Europe so he will do well.
"He (Mosimane) will be a good choice for the job," says Okpara.