As the state owned team prepares for the new season, the management of Niger Tornadoes Football Club of Minna has unveiled the immediate past Technical Adviser of Elkanemi Warriors of Maiduguri, Hamza Abdulazeez Abara as the Technical Adviser of the Minna based club.
Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Sports Development, Mallam Nuhu Garba Ngaski said during the unveiling that the Ministry will work closely with the club’s management in order to relocate the team to Minna for its home matches of the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL.
Ngaski disclosed that he had been briefed on so many issues concerning the team and that the Ministry in collaboration with the management of the club were already putting some machineries in place to ensure that the team returns to Minna for its home league matches soonest.
While expressing optimism that the team will go places and achieve alot, Ngaski said he will not tolerate sentiment, backbiting and hypocrisy, adding that “whatever comes up should be channeled properly and to the appropriate authority.”
He added that the new government in the state is doing its best to project Niger state in all ramifications, including in the sports industry, hence the composition of the an indigenous technical crew.
Similarly, the Director of Sports in the Ministry, Baba Sheshi Katcha said he was happy that the new Technical Adviser is an indigine of the state, adding that it was high time they start engaging their own to showcase their technical prowess.
Earlier, while introducing members of the technical crew of the team and the feeder team, Vice Chairman of the club, Engr. Ibrahim Dada Maikunkele disclosed that an under 15 team will soon be set up when the teams programme is set to commence.
He said Abara was engaged for an initial one year contract which is renewable at the end of the contract based on performance and that all the monetory entitlement of the Coach as well as accomodation and official car had been spelt out in the contractual agreement.
In his response, the new Technical Adviser who was earlier linked to take over Gombe United said being at the helms of affairs at Tornadoes was more of an home coming for him haven been there before on acting capacity.
Accordingly, he said “I will not promise anything specifically, but I assure the management and soccer loving Nigerlites that I will definitely add value to the team.”