…Plead for state govt’s support
By Ado Salisu
The former head coach of the national basketball team and Team Manager of the Kano Pillars Basketball team, Coach Sani Ahmad has dedicated their victory against City Chiefs of Abuja in the ongoing Nigerian Premier League Basketball Second Phase to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Coach Sani Ahmad stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after the Pyramids City Boys recorded their fourth victory in Minna, the Niger State capital.
The tournament, was organized by the Nigerian Basketball Federation NBBF Premier League Basketball Second Phase currently taking place at two centres – Minna and Enugu.
He said that Kano Pillars had won four of its matches so far in the league against Bauchi Nets, Gombe Bulls, Niger Potters and City Chiefs of Abuja which he described as sign of making it to the final eight scheduled to hold later in the year.
The Team Manager further explained that despite the financial challenge facing the team, the players put it behind them to continue projecting the good image of the present administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf as far as sports was concerned in the country.
He appealed to the state government, as a matter of urgency, to bail out Kano Pillars from its current predicament in order to achieve its set objectives.
While commending the players for their commitment and sacrifice, he urged them to sustain the tempo and remain focused with a view to emerging as the overall winners at the end of the tournament.
Kano Pillars will on Thursday, 25th June, 2026, take on Nile University in their fifth match.
