NPFL: Niger Tornadoes gets new management

The Niger State Ministry of Youth Empowerment and Sports
Development on Wednesday said the state government has

approved a new management committee for Niger

Tornadoes Football Club of Minna.

Baba Sheshi, the Director of Sports at the Ministry, told the

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the club’s

former management committee was dissolved on Dec. 14.

“The new nine-man committee will be inaugurated on

Thursday to begin to manage the club’s affairs immediately.’’

He said Abubakar Gawu would serve as club chairman and

Bello Auta as vice-chairman.

The Director of Sports said Aliyu Muazu, Usman Alfa and

Awwal Idris retained their positions in the management

committee as Secretary, Team Manager and Welfare Officer

of the club respectively.

He added that Sani Balarabe was appointed Marketing

Officer, Abdullahi Likita the Liaison Officer, Abdullahi Dangana

the Media Officer and Usman Mohammed the Adviser.

NAN reports that the dissolved management committee was

appointed in 2016, and since then it has witnessed minor

changes before its dissolution on Dec. 14.