Pillars Gets 7 Million Bonus As They Head To Dakar

By Our Reporter

Kano state government has settled all the nine outstanding match bonuses of Kano pillars football club players and technical crew worth over seven million Naira for the last season.

Kano state government also organized a dinner for the players and technical crew of the club yesterday night in the state capital.

Flagging off the payment of the bonuses the state Deputy Government during the dinner Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna said the state government decided to pay them the outstanding bonuses to motivate them for the challenges ahead in the forthcoming confederation cup and 2020/2021 NPFL season.

Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna said the state Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is ever ready to do anything that would motivate the team to perform well in the continent and forthcoming football seasons in the country.

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Dr. Gawuna who double as Kano pillars FC continental committee chairman said the government and people of Kano state are watching the players on what they are going to deliver in Senegal against ASC Jaraaf Fc in the first leg of the 2020/2021 confederation cup on Saturday 28/11/2020 in Dakar.

The Players as they prepare for Senegal

He said the state government has charted a flight from Malam Aminu Kano International Airport to Dakar and the team with other contingents are expected to leave the country today in the evening.

He reaffirmed the state government’s commitment in given priority to the welfare of the team and warned them to do their best in making Kano state and the country proud.

Let me remind you we are not expecting what happened last year to be repeated because the government and people of Kano state would not forget that poor performance of the team.

On his part, the chairman of state sports commission Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima said the state government has done its own, and now is for the players to do the right thing.

Galadima urged the players to be focused and avoid anything that would distract them from the challenges ahead.

Also speaking the chairman of the club Alhaji Surajo Shaaibu Yahaya Jambul commended Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for his moral and financial support to the team.

Responding on behalf of the players Chris Madaki expressed their delight for the reception and kind of treatment they are receiving from the state government and pledged to justify the confidence reposed in them.