The management of Ekiti United FC said that the team is poised to pick one of the promotion tickets at the end of the 2023/2024 Nigeria National Football League (NNL) season.
The secretary of the team, Mr Ayodeji Olowolafe, who stated this, said the management, coaches and players are well prepared and motivated to make the dream of playing in the elite league a reality.
Olowolafe spoke alongside the team manager Adedeji Adu during an interactive session with the members of the Qozeem Oladapo-led Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ekiti State chapter ahead of the new season.
He said quality players have been recruited and players salaries have reviewed upward to get them perform maximally.
Olowolafe who solicited for support of the sports journalists on projecting the team image positively said, “Our mission, vision and aspiration is to gain promotion to NPFL, we are primed and positioned for this.
“37 players have been recruited and their salaries increased. All we need now is to work hard and get more resources. The team camp has been moved to Iyin Ekiti and will be equipped to the standard of home away from home for our players. We will only come to Ado, the state capital, for Wednesday training and match days.’
While urging the people of the state to take ownership of the team by getting involved in its activities, he said “We want to do things differently this season by partnering with stakeholders to make things happen with determination to bring laurels to the state this football season.”
Speaking on the quality or players recruited, the team manager, Adu said,” 20 of our players were retained , 6 of our former players from NPFL sides were engaged while 4 others were taken from our feeders team, we have confidence they will do well, so we are good to go 95 percent for the season. We also trying to commercialise the team for return investment in future.”
Responding, the SWAN chairman in the state , Qozeem Oladapo assured the management of the team of continued support of sport journalists operating in the state.
