Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC, has unveiled Hassan Abubakar as it new Technical Adviser. The club also commission its club house on Saturday in Ilorin where the Technical Adviser and the players are expected to reside ahead of the new season.
While commissioning the house, the Kwara Football Association Chairman, Malam Busari Ishola, urged other clubs in Nigeria to emulate ABS’s professional way of running a club.
Ishola commended the management of the club for always doing the right things at all time.
He said Saraki Boys’ vision is in line with that of his association and urged the team to continue to develop the players at the grassroots.
In his remarks, the team’s Director of Football, Alloy Chukwuemeka, said the club will not derail from running professionally in line with the vision of the proprietor of the club, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
He announced that arrangements are top gear for the club to lay foundation for its own ABS mini stadium in Ilorin before the end of the 2019.
Speaking with journalists after his unveiling, the new ABS Technical Adviser, Hassan Abubakar, said the task presented before him is not new and solicited the support of all and sundry.
The former Golden Eaglets coach promised to give young players opportunity.
The new coach, Abubakar is coming to the club with huge experience having managed Niger Tornadoes, Kaduna United, Zamfara United, Sunshine Stars, Wikki Tourists, JUTH, Dolphins and recently guided Gombe Utd FC to the NPFL top flight.
He was Head Coach of the Under-17 national team that won silver at the JVC U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago in 2002.
The management of the club has also retained nine players from the ones that plied their trade with the club last season.
The players are Horlah Oladeji, Tomiwa Adesokan, Mubaraq Gata, Shola Abdulraheem, Olakunle Olusegun, David Okoromi, Great Osamuyi, Emmanuel Atoe and Oyelade Mubarak.
