As the preparation toward the 2019/2020 Nigerian Professional Football League Season (NPFL) hots up, the newly appointed Board of Nasarawa United FC, said its aim was to qualify for the CAF Champions League slot.
The Media Officer of the Lafia- based club, Eche Amos, said in Lagos that the team’s manager, Yahaya Wambai, gave the position of the club’s management during the pre-season preparation.
Wambai explained that with the quality of players in the team, the management was confident of actualising its target of returning to the continent.
“We have confidence in the ability and capability of both the coaches and players in the team.
“The players here are some of the finest in the country. The technical officials have picked those who can make our target achievable; it may seem daunting but not insurmountable.
“Nasarawa United is not new to continental club football. We have been there before and we will not be scared of making any statement of assurance to the sponsors and supporters of the club.
“We will pick a continental ticket in no distant time,’’ he said.
Wambai said that the new board of the club was receiving all the desired attention from the state government to excel in the league and other club competitions.
“The administration of Gov. Abdullahi Audu Sule has categorically given the board, officials, and players of Nasarawa United a mandate to win trophies and make a continental statement.
“This is with an assurance to make every necessary resource available for the attainment of the mandate.
“The governor is a man of results, and we will not leave any stone unturned to deliver on his mandate
to us.
“We have passed the message across to the coaches and players, and we have also told them what is at
stake — hard work, dedication discipline, and consistency — are the watchwords,’’ he said.
The manager reassured that the team would do whatever it could to win laurels and play at the continent
level.
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Nasarawa United who came 4th in Group B of the Abridged Nigerian Professional Football League last season, have featured three times in the Confederation of African Club competitions.