11th October, 2023
By Abbas Bamalli
Governor Dikko Radda the government announced the sack of the management of the state-owned Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL team, Katsina United FC, with immediate effect.
Katsina Commissioner for Sports, Malam Yusuf Rabiu-Jirdede announced the sack of the management team of the club in a statement on Wednesday.
The sack is coming on the heels of the team’s 1-0 loss to Kano Pillars Football Club in an NPFL away match on Saturday, 8 October.
He said that the dissolution was part of government efforts to reinvigorate the club for better performance at the league.
The commissioner said that the government had approved an interim management committee to oversee the Katsina United pending the reconstitution of the management team.
“Those appointed to head the affairs of the club as members of the interim management committee are as follows, Alhaji Kabir Danlami-Rimi, Gaddafi Muhammad-Rudwan, Aminu Abdullahi-Leno and Abubakar Sani.
“The outgoing management is to hand over the affairs of the Club, including all assets to the interim management committee with immediate effect.
“The state government appreciates the effort of the outgoing management’s profound contribution and wishes them all the best in their future endeavours,” he said.
Katsina United returned to NPFL for the 2023/24 season after one year of playing in the lower division, Nigeria National League (NNL).
It defeated Kano Pillars 1-0, in the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super 8 playoffs at the Stephen Keshi International Stadium, Asaba to secure the promotion.
(NAN)