National Sports Commission, NSC, has described the demise of former Kano Pillars chairman Alhaji Abba Yola as a painful loss to the Country’s Sports family.
According to a statement signed by Dr Kehinde Ajayi, Director Press, NSC, the Kano born Sports administrator was a retired Assistant director in the Sports Ministry and also a former chief of staff to former Sports Minister Hon. Sunday Dare, amongst other high profile positions he held in the country’s Sports corridor.
Chairman of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Mallam Shehu Dikko described Alhaji Abba Yola as a personal friend whose loss is shocking and painful.
The Chairman said “Alhaji Abba Yola is a sports administrator Per Excellence and he contributed immensely to the growth of Nigerian sports when he was at the Sports Commission, then the Ministry of Sports.
“He will truly be missed because he was a personal friend and his vast and rich experience in the administration of Sports is well documented.We interfaced very well when he was the Chairman of Kano Pillars but we take solace in the fact that he left a very good mark in the growth of Nigerian Sports”.
“He also had a huge role to play when Nigeria qualified for the 2010 FIFA World cup in South Africa as a member of the Presidential Task Force, PTF”, he stated.
The Director General of the NSC, Hon. Bukola Olopade, said Alhaji Yola is one of the true brains this country has produced in Sports administration and
