By Taofeek Babalola
Bauchi State
Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar Esq, has approved the appointment of
Auwalu Baba Jada as the new General Manager of Wikki Tourists. The
appointment was contained in a release
signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Bello Shehu Ilelah and a copy
made available to Sportinglens.blogspot.com.
According to
the release, the Governor approved the appointment of a 'rescue team' for Wikki
Tourists with Jada as General and it's with immediate effect.
Jada
replaced former chairman, Isa Matori who was relieved of his appointment few
weeks ago. He was until his new appointment the team’s General Coordinator.
The rescue
team also have ex-international and Super Eagles Team Coordinator, Patrick
Pascal as Adviser.
Other
members include, Mohammed Bawa (ATBU), Sadiq Yusuf Zaria, Paul Gambar, Umar
Ahmed Helah while Abdullahi Ibrahim will serve as team’s secretary.
The rescue
team will be reporting to the Governor through the Special Adviser Labour
Relations, Alhaji Maijama Mato.
Jada joined
Wikki Tourists as a Welfare Officer in 1999 before he was moved to Team Manager
position two years later.
He served as
the Team Manager for eight years before he was appointed acting chairman in
2001.
Jada left
the club to serve in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) for four years as Head of
Competition and he also worked for two years when the League Management Company
(LMC) took over the league.
He came back
to Wikki Tourists in 2016 as General Coordinator.
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