The Super Eagles go up against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on September 7.
Obi was a member of the Nigeria U20 team that won the bronze medals at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship (now FIFA U20 World Cup) in the Soviet Union.
The Falconets are in Group D alongside Germany, Venezuela, and the Korean Republic.
Women’s football debuted at the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1996, but the Super Falcons made their entry in 2000 in Australia
The qualifying matches will be played over the FIFA windows of September, October and November this year.
Rivers Angels play Naija Ratels in the women’s event while Abia Warriors take on El-Kanemi Warriors in the men’s event on Saturday.
“They just landed in Uyo,” NFF said.
The 52-year-old spent 20 months as assistant to Portuguese José Peseiro from the summer of 2022.
NFF’s spokesperson said in a statement on Monday that the federation approved the recommendation of its technical and development committee to appoint George.
The board of the Nigeria Football Federation has appointed former U17 World Cup winner Manu Garba as head coach of the Golden Eaglets.
