The board of Kano Pillars FC has ratified the appointment of veteran coach, Kadiri Ikhana, as the club’s new Technical Adviser, just as the one time winner of African Coach of the Year Award will be unveiled today in Kano according toSportstalkafrica.com.
This will be the third time the former national U-23 team coach, Ikhana will coach Kano Pillars.
According to a statement by the club’s Media Officer, Idris Malikawa, “the board of Kano Pillars approved Ikhana’s appointment at its board meeting” adding that Ikhana will be unveiled today in Kano by the club chairman, Tukur Babangida.
It will be recalled that Pillars first won the Nigeria Premier league trophy under Ikhana in 2008 and later claimed three more titles under different managers.
Meanwhile, Babangida, has confirmed that Pillars will participate in the Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament, just as he disclosed that he had to shun a propose tour of Ghana for his team to battle with Enyimba, Lobi, Niger Tornadoes, in the proposed local tournament.
Pillars were crowned winners of the Season 3 edition after they defeated Supreme Court of Abuja 2-1 in the final.
Speaking with the Gold Cup Media Team last Sunday in Lagos, he said “The tourney is good for all the participating teams as it would help them prepare better for the up coming Nigeria Professional Football League season in December.”
“For us at Pillars, we want to use the tourney to know the strength and weakness of the squad, and if I must ask, do we really have a team? It was laughable that a team like Pillars could not win the league or finish second last season.
“Just like I did when we won our first NPL title, then we went on a tour of Niger Republic, We could have done the same as some Ghanaian teams sent us an invitation to come take part in a pre-season tourney.
“So our target is not to retain the Gold Cup trophy we won last season but to provide a true test for our players,” Babangida said.
The prestigious Gold Cup tourney is scheduled to hold from November 25 to December 4, 2016.
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