Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, side, Wikki Tourists have named the former Kano Pillars and Flamingos coaches, Mohammed Babaganaru and Bala Nikyu as their new Technical adviser and chief coach respectively.
While Babaganaru got the Technical Adviser job, Nikyu was named as the side’s chief coach with the details of the contracts and financial implications not disclosed.
The chairman of the Bauchi side, who will represent Nigeria in the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, Isa Matori, revealed that the Technical Committee appointed by the club and headed by its Coordinator General, Auwalu Babajada screened over 10 coaches for the exalted positions before the choice of Babaganaru and Nikyu.
Matori told Goal, “We have appointed Mohammed Babaganaru as our technical adviser and Bala Nikyu as the chief coach.
“They were picked after a rigorous exercise by the Technical Committee chaired by our Coordinator General, Auwalu Babajada and other members of the committee.
“They said 11 coaches applied for the two positions and that they were all screened and interviewed before the present two were nominated.”
Babaganaru coached Kano Pillars last season before he resigned after an unsuccessful stint, while Nikyu was the head coach of Nigeria’s U17 Women’s National team, Flamingos, which was eliminated in the first round of the recently-concluded FIFA U17 World Cup hosted by Jordan.
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