Govt begs as ex-players disrupt Kwara team training

Date: 2022-09-28

The Kwara State Government has called for understanding as former players of Kwara United on Tuesday disrupted the team's training session at the stadium pitch in Ilorin.

United were preparing for training, ahead of their first leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup encounter against champions RSB Berkane of Morocco.

The training at the Kwara Football Academy was truncated as the ex-players claimed they were owed sign-on fees by the government and past management of the club.

According to eyewitnesses, the players invaded the pitch and seized some of the balls and other training equipment to protest their owed sign-on fees.

“What happened today (Tuesday) is a follow-up to several others by the former players, who claimed they were owed sign-on-fees and other allowances for services they rendered while at the club,” a source said.

Speaking on behalf of the group, Akeem Audu and Kehinde Ayeni appealed to the state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to pay them their entitlements, which they said would help cushion the effect of the current economic hardships.

“To take care of our families is now something very difficult. Our entitlements need to be paid. We have appealed to all those concerned, and written to the government and the League Management Company about our plight, but we know this government can help us out,” Audu said.

The players appreciated Governor AbdulRazaq for his efforts in sports development in the state and beyond.

While addressing the players, Chairman, Kwara State Sports Commission, Bola Mogaji, said that efforts were being made to have the money, which he clarified was owed the players and officials by the past management and government, paid.

“My attention was called to the protest, and I had to address the players and also let them know the position of the government on the issue. I want to commend them for giving me the honour to address them. I appealed to them, made them to understand that efforts were in top gear to have the debts cleared, and that I will personally supervise the payment of the debt, anytime the money is released,” Mogaji said.

Kwara United FC eliminated AS Douanes 3-0 on aggregate in the Preliminary Round of the CAF Confederation Cup and will play Berkane Oct 9 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Atunwa     Ahmed Bayero     HYPPADEC     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Ronke Adeyemi     Sulaiman Gado     Tunji Folami     Harmony Holdings     Adijat Adebiyi     Adeola Abraham     Yahaya Dumoye     Simeon Sayomi     Ballah     Funmilayo Oniwa     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Alaro     Patience Jonathan     Abdulazeez Uthman     Usman Alkali Baba     Shehu Adaramaja     Oju Ekun Sarumi     JAAC     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Yusuf Lawal     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Marufat Oladosu     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Kwara State Polytechnic     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Senate Presidency     Tayo Awodiji     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Ilorin Like-Minds     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Amoyo     Toyin Falola     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Mahmud Ajeigbe     NFAI     NAWOJ     Shuaib Olarongbe     Onilorin     SAPZ Project     Olohungbebe     Alabere     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Zara Umar     Turaki     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Joseph Bamigboye     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Osi     Ramat Oganija     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Temi Kolawole     Bashir Adigun     Riskat Opakunle     Kwara North     Turaki Of Ilorin     Kolade Solagberu     Galland Marcias     Oye Tinuoye     Taiwo Joseph     Voices Of Tomorrow     COVID     Salihu Yahaya     Moshood Bakare     Jaiz Bank     Split Diamond Interchange     Belgore     Presidential Election     Iliasu     GRA     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Omu-aran     Labaeka     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Bamidele Aluko     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Hussein Olokooba     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Kayode Bankole     YAKOOYO     Ebola     Matthew Okedare     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Rasaq Jimoh     Charcoal     3MTT     Ojo Fadumila     Michael Ologundea     Ajasse-Ipo     2023 Elections     Isiaka Oniwa     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Millennium Development Goals     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Moronfoye     Oya State     ER-KANG     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Talaka Parapo     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Kolawole Akande     Maryam A. Garuba     Radio SBS     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Agboola Babatunde     Muhammed Abdullahi     Lateef Alagbonsi     Adijat Adebiyi     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Laolu Saraki     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     HICA     Hassan Oyeleke     Mohammed Abdulahi     CBT     Kwara Restoration Project     Oladimeji Thompson     Olabimpe Olani     Ballah     Curfew     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Diagnostic Centre     Alore     First Lady     Yakub Ali-Agan     Amos Justus Sayo     Idi-Ape     Dunmade     Olabanji Orilonishe     Olawuyi     COVID-19 Palliatives     KWAFFA     Oniwasi Agbaye     Saka Onimago     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     T And K FOODS     SSUCOEN     IsDB     Dan Masanin     Owode Market     Age AbdulKareem     Bisi Oyeleke     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Wale Oladepo