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  • Kano Pillars board sacks Emordi

    Kano Pillars board sacks Emordi

    The board of reigning Nigeria champions, Kano Pillars, has sacked coach Okey Emordi.

    The club in a statement signed by its spokesman Idris Malikawa, said the new board headed by Kabiru Baita approved Emordi’s dismissal.

    The statement added that a way forward for the club will be charted on Tuesday.

    The club currently lies ninth on the table with 27 points, nine points behind leaders Sunshine Stars and Enyimba, africanFootball.com reports.

    Both players and fans have passed a vote of no confidence on Emordi, who led the club to win a third straight league championship last season.

  • Pillars pass vote of confidence on Emordi

    Pillars pass vote of confidence on Emordi

    The chairman Kano Pillars, Ibrahim Haruna has said the board has confidence in the ability of Technical Adviser Okey Emordi to lead the club to a successful outing this season.

    The chairman said he and members of the board were impressed with the work done by the coach Emordi-led technical crew but, nevertheless, they would continue monitoring him this season.

    Haruna pointed out that staff and players would have a free hand to discharge their primary responsibilities but anyone found negligent would be dealt with. He added that the welfare of the players would be the priority of his board.

    He assured that plans were under way to separate the functions of the board and management committee to avoid a clash of power or responsibility among them.

    The chairman also pledged to work closely with supporters, Sports Writers Association Nigeria (SWAN) in Kano and other stakeholders that would assist the board to discharge its responsibilities effectively.

    Haruna stressed that the board would consider how to partner with the private sector so as to make the club self dependent in order to meet global challenges.

    He thanked Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State for giving him opportunity to serve the state and assured that with the calibre of people in the board they would not disappoint him and the people of Kano.

  • Emordi declares: I can only work with serious players

    Emordi declares: I can only work with serious players

    • Resumes training with Pillars

    Kano Pillars Technical Adviser Okey Emordi has said he will only work with serious minded players who are ready to give their best to the club as he resumes duty with the league champions.

    The former Rangers FC coach stated this in his first training session with the players as the new club’s handler at the Sani Abacha Stadium on Sunday morning.

    The former CAF coach of the year was appointed by the club’s management on Friday to replace former coach Mohammed Baba Ganaru who left for Nasarawa United.

    Emordi commenced his duty after his unveiling by the Technical Committee chairman of the club, Prof Rabiu U Muh’d on Saturday.

    The club’s media officer, Idris Malikawa told SportingLife that Emordi has assured the club and the fans that he will justify the confidence reposed in him by the board.

    “Emordi stated clearly to the players at his official meeting with the players during the morning training session on Sunday (which is his first at the club) that he will work with any player that is ready to play. The atmosphere was very fantastic as the players were very happy to receive him,” Malikawa told SportingLife.

    Malikawa also revealed that the management is doing everything within its reach to ensure that the club better last season’s success.

    “Everything is working as planned now. There are no issues of technical adviser any more. What is expected of us now is for theplayers and technical crew to set the ball rolling and work for success.”

  • Emordi excited at landing Pillars job

    Emordi excited at landing Pillars job

    Okey Emordi has expressed great delight at landing the coaching job with Kano Pillars, saying he is looking forward to achieving greater success at the club.

    Emordi, who spoke to Goal, said he is aware of the great expectation from fans and the government of Kano and stated his preparedness for whatever challenges lie ahead.

    The man who led Enyimba to win the 2004 CAF Champions League assured that with the cooperation of his technical crew, players, supporters, management and the Kano state government the club will surpass its previous glories by winning the 2013/14 CAF Champions League.

    While admitting it is a huge honour to be assigned the responsibility to handle the side that won the Glo Nigeria Premier League title twice in a row, Emordi said that taking the job at Pillars will attract a lot of pressure but set his sight at helping the Pyramid Boys attain their first continental title.

    “Every assignment or task comes with its challenges this one is not an exception but I’m a bit lucky to be given the opportunity to handle the side,” Emordi told Goal.

    “I’m more or less in a familiar terrain at Kano. I have friends in Kano, even when I was the pioneer coach at El Kanemi (Warriors) in ’86 and spent three seasons, so going to Kano is a homecoming for me and I take the challenge with both hands.

    “I’m equal to the task and have what it takes to deliver the goods. The task is daunting, there is no doubt about it I pray everybody will put hands together to ensure we realise the dream of the side in the coming season,” he stated.

    Meanwhile, Emordi has explained his reasons for resigning his duties as coach at Enugu Rangers as due to lack of ambition to challenge for titles and personal resolution to seek rest from the game for an evaluation.

    “I left Rangers because they showed no intention to finish the league last season to contend for title and also decided to go on a recess to appraise myself before the Pillars job came by,” Emordi said.

    Pillars will open their CAF Champions League campaign against AS Vita of DR Congo.

     

  • Emordi: I suffered from interference

    Emordi: I suffered from interference

    Former Enugu Rangers coach Okey Emordi has said he threw in the towel because of interferences in his job by top officials.

    “I must say that the condition of service for me has been greatly breached by the club management,” he told MTNFootball.com.

    “How do you explain a situation where players are imposed on me by the general manager (Paul Chibuzor) or how do you explain the registration of ineligible players which led to our disqualification from the continent?

    “All these and more as well as my inability to transform the team to a trophy-winning side due to the above mentioned interferences, pushed me to take this decision. I wish the club well and hope that whoever takes charge of the team after me will be given the chance to do his job without external interferences in technical matters. The administrators should concern themselves with proper administration of the club.”

    Former Enyimba coach Emordi, who was named CAF Coach of the Year in 2004, further informed MTNFootball.com that he quit his post soon after Rangers pipped visiting El Kanemi Warriors on the final day of the season to place fifth on the table.

  • We’re better than 3SC — Okey Emordi

    We’re better than 3SC — Okey Emordi

    Enugu Rangers coach Okey Emordi says his boys are better than Shooting Stars FC in all ramifications, and are set to prove it when they both clash in the Glo Nigerian Premier League on Sunday.

    The Oluyole Warriors host the Flying Antelopes in a week 33 game of the league in Ibadan as the current season draws to a close.

    According to standings on the League Management Company website, Rangers are 5th, while 3SC are rooted bottom, and it is a motivation to Emordi.

    “We are better than Shooting Stars in all ramifications, if you look at the log we’re better than them,” he told futaa.com

    “I don’t think there should be any comparism. Every team have their problem but it is how you manage your problem that matters,” he added.

    In the first leg played in June, Rangers ran out 2-0 winners in Enugu, and the Ibadan side would want to pay back, more so that they are swimming in relegation waters.