Football enthusiast, Mailantarki appointed as pioneer patron of Players’ Union
The All Nigeria Football Players Union led by Ex International Abdul Sule has today appointed the President of high-flying Mailantarki Care Football Academy (MCFA) Hon Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki as the players’ union pioneer Patron.
This is contained in press statement issued by Adamu Usman Ahmed, the Director Media and Administration, Mailantarki Care Football Academy on Wednesday in Gombe.
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Ahmed said that the topmost position of the Union was conferred on the Gombe State Gubernatorial candidate under the platform of the NNPP following his massive successes recorded within a short spell after venturing into the football industry within a year of establishing his football academy aimed at helping talented players to excel in the footballing career across the globe.
The media officer stated that the appointment letter was presented by the union’s President Abdul Sule who said “ANFPU board of trustees found Hon Mailantarki worthy of the position due to the remarkable successes he garnered with just one year in the football sphere.
He said, “We at the executive level as well as the board of trustees we unanimously agreed and come to term as per appointing this Man of Success His Excellency Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, the owner of Mailantarki Care Football Academy, he is able to set records such as the glorious outings in the International Youth Championship in Denmark and Norway, represented FCT at the National AITEO Cup, topped its NLO group and set up an NNL promotional play-off.
” The highly determined former federal lawmaker achieves all the aforementioned feats under with his resources, we need people with passion and willingness like him to be involved in decision making for the progress of the game in general.”
Responding after the presentation of the appointment letter, Hon Mailantarki expressed his gratitude to Almighty Allah for guiding him to establish a football academy that is now attracting the attention of almost all the stakeholders in the country and beyond following the quite significant successes recorded so far.
“I’m honored to be part of this great union to serve in the capacity of Patron were the leaders of ANFPU found me capable of role just as the President Abdu Sule said, this recognition and appointment will serve as a catalyst for myself and the team at large in other gear up for more glorious outcome in addition to what we have achieved so far as mentioned earlier.
“My passion to engage our youth with potentials out there in the streets for advancement inspired me to establish this football academy and today we give thanks to Almighty Allah for what we have accomplished in terms of recruitments and transfer of players to European clubs, im assuring you that with a high profile football manager in our academy (Manu Garba) the future of our football players is always bright.
“We are going to join hands together with other stakeholders and see how we can go about strengthening the union for the good of our players across all levels in the country, I will be always available within my capacity as the patron to see how I can contribute for the development of this great union that tends at ensuring the welfare of its members respectively,” he added.
Stakeholders present at the events include ex- Golden Eaglet gaffer Manu Garba OON, Head Coach of National Team U-15 Usman Elerika, President of FC Yarmalight Malam Farouk Yarma, Coach Bassey, Barr Isaac, among others.
