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I Will Give My Best To Reposition NNL-Adesanya

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4 years ago

August 7, 2020

… Call for Stakeholders’ support

Joel Ajayi

The newly appointed Chief Operating Officer COO Emmanuel Adesanya has pledged to leave no stone unturned to ensure repositioning of Nigeria’s second-tier league, and Nigeria National League (NNL) for the benefit of Nigerians.

Mr. Emmanuel Adesanya COO NNL

It will be recalled that, the Nigeria Football Federation NFF appointed Emmanuel Adesanya as the new Chief Operating Officer of NNL. after which the former COO Lawrence Katken, retired from service.

To this end, NNL Boss, however, sought stakeholders’ support saying that stakeholders would be carried along as work has started to turn the fortune of the league.

Adesanya who had to serve in various capacities in the federation stated this on Thursday in Abuja in an interview with Journalists saying the quest now is to re-position and re-organize the League.

According to him, “I felt excited, and it’s a call to service to my father’s land, am back to the terrain, I have always been a competitive person thus calling me to come back to the NNL is a challenge to me” he said.

“We will look at what led to the state of the league, from there we will able to know how to go about it, as it stands the doctor in the hospital will need to examine the patient before he will know how to treat the patient”.

“We will sit down with stakeholders, club owners, and even the media to see what led to what the league was and how to move forward, we will have a formidable team that will help us reposition the league. Football the administration is dynamic and continuous, once you have an experience you have to leverage on that which is what I intend to do with the help of God and other stakeholders”.

When asked if NNL will be shown on TV? He replied: “Before you can dabble into that you must make sure you secure the formidable sponsor and you must have a partnership with a reputable print and electronic media. It’s not a thing you can just do out of thin air, it is a big business putting the League on TV and even to run commentary on radio.

Speaking about the sponsor for the NNL, Adesanya, expressed that the board would work assiduously to ensure that the league gets the required sponsorship.

“We thank Bet9ja for partnering with the league before and we are looking forward to seeing them and other partners come and sponsor the league because they already know the terrain and that can only happen with the help of NFF, stakeholders, and the media.

“We are looking at getting a sponsor for the league and see how we can be able to return the league to television. But first, we must rebrand and reposition the league to make it attractive where we can bring people back to the stadium”.

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Nigeria Will Take Good Shape In No Distant Time- Olawande

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5 hours ago

September 16, 2024

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande has urged the citizens of the country to be patient with the Administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in transforming the lives of its citizens through various policies and programs of the federal government.

The Minister made this submission while delivering his speech at the Joint Union Negotiating Council’s week of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development branch. This is the first edition since both Ministries of Youth and Sports had been damaged. The JUNC week which was held at Atiku Hall, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation in Abuja had its theme: “The working people in a volatile, uncertain, and complex economy”

In the words of the Honourable Minister: “I urge you to be patient with this administration. In no distant time, the country will take good shape and the lives of its citizens will be transformed”.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not a pauper, he is an acknowledged epitome of wealth, and so it cannot be said of him that he desires to loot the treasury of Nigeria. He has seen money and as a result of this, he is not interested in looting the nation’s treasury”, Olawande explained.

He emphasized that “leadership is all about being committed to serve. If you are a Minister now, tomorrow you will be addressed as a former Minister, likewise a Director because there is no permanent position but the impact that you made while in that office will speak after you”, the Minister reiterated.

Olawande expressed his gratitude to the workers of the Ministry for being supportive of the government policies and programs. He promised that the welfare of the staff would not be compromised, adding that workers deserve remuneration for being hardworking.

Earlier in his address, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Olubunmi Olusanya admonished the staff of the Ministry to put in their best as “Performance Management System” which replaces APER is the criteria to be used for promotion effective next year. This, according to him is because the Performance Management System (PMS) records the best efforts and input of each staff which will in turn be used to grade such staff.

Olusanya who disclosed that the welfare of the staff is his priority as workers deserve the best for the services rendered. He opined that “the hungry man is angry and as a worker, if you are not treated fairly and properly, it is impossible to get the best out of you. As a result, all staff will be treated properly as motivation to propel the best in you”, he concluded.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Esther Didi Walson-Jack, OON, MNI, in her address, informed that the activity to reinvigorate the Civil Service in a bid to ensure that Civil Servants carry out their duties with much diligence to have efficient and incorruptible civil service is currently on course. She advised workers to wake up and be committed to the service of the nation.

In his closing remarks, Mr. Jerry Akume, the General Secretary of the Union expressed his delight in celebrating this year’s edition of the Union week, while highlighting the achievements of the union so far. These include:

Upward review of staff welfare, prompt payment of repatriation allowances, payment of first 28 days allowance, assistance to the sick, general training of staff, and sending forth/retirement package for retired staff.

He also appealed to the Management of the Ministry, saying that irrespective of the aforementioned achievements, a lot still needs to be done in such areas as procurement of staff buses, upward review of welfare payment for festive periods, consistent general staff training, and procurement of office and work materials.

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