The Nigeria Football Federation is battling to process a visa for Porto rising star Chidozie Awaziem, with only four days left before the Super Eagles tackle Mali in an international friendly in Rouen, France.<br /><br />It has come to light that the central defender does not have a valid residence permit which would have enabled him travel to France without a visa, and to make matters worse he only applied for a visa to France on Monday, May 23rd, according to the player&rsquo;s intermediary. <br /><br />&ldquo;We are working on Chidozie getting a visa to France, the Nigeria Football Federation is trying to get him a visa from Abuja,&rdquo; said agent Babawo Mohammed to <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br />&ldquo;The NFF officials are talking with Porto directly. He has not been issued the visa at this moment, he applied today. <br /><br />&ldquo;His residence permit is still being processed and will be out before next season. He was playing for Porto with a temporary residence permit.&rdquo;<br /><br />The 19-year-old Awaziem, who trained with the Golden Eaglets prior to his move to Portugal, played the first forty five minutes of Porto&rsquo;s shoot-out loss to Sporting Braga in the final of the Ta&ccedil;a de Portugal on Sunday.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br />