Tornadoes FC Minna Chairman reads riot act, charges players to up their game

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The Chairman of Niger Tornadoes FC, Minna, Engineer Ibrahim Dada has urged the Ikon Allah Boys players to tighten up their belts as the team seeks to climb out of it present predicament.

The Chairman stated this while addressing the players during the team’s wednesday morning training program at the Fomwan football playing ground in Minna.

In a statement from the media unit of the team, Engr Dada said the current position of the team is worrisome and calls for urgent redress, before things gets out of hand.

Tornadoes seats second from bottom on the NPFL league table, a situation the chairman described as precarious and unacceptable.

He said Tornadoes might not be among the highest paying teams in the NPFL but definitely not the least in terms of payment of players entitlements.

“There are some teams that would promise you high wages during negotiations and end up not meeting up, this is not the case with us, so there is no reason whatsoever not give us your best. I want to assure you, for the umpteenth time that, Niger Tornadoes is not a owing club, which most of you here can testify to.

“Enough is enough; we are not going to seat and watch things deteriorate further, neither would we condone anymore lack of seriousness and disloyalty from any player.

“I don’t want division in my team; your loyalty, is to the team, not to any individual, be it a coach or any management member.

“There are insinuations in some quarters that you guys are being pampered too much, which I don’t want to agree to as the cause of our dwindle in performance.

“Many teams have faced similar situation like ours, but they survived, I’m therefore equally optimistic that our current situation is surmountable but we have to be willing, courageous and determined to collectively strive to overcome this, for us, it is still redeemable.

“And just like I’ve always said and I will maintain my stands, I believe in you guys, but you need to prove that you are worth my trust by going out there and prove the naysayers wrong, otherwise we would be left with no option than to take drastic measures,” the Chairman stressed.

The Ikon Allah Boys are billed to trade tackles with Akwa United this sunday at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium Kaduna, in a must-win NPFL match day ten tie.