By Albert Akota
The Owner of Mailantariki FC, Ahmed Mailantarki has said that the club have built four standard pitches to intensity preparation ahead of the 2022/2023 Nigeria’s second tier football league.
Speaking with sports journalists in Abuja, Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki said the Nigerian National League is a business that requires serious attention in order to achieve goals and objectives of the club.
Mailantariki noted that, the management is not leaving stone unturned in building sports infrastructure, sports complex that’ll be second to non in Abuja and beyond.
The erstwhile federal lawmaker also hinted that the sports complex has four standard football field with a hostel and a hospita.
“We’re getting ready for the NNL with my team promoted to play this season.”
“We are ready, that’s why we’re putting up a structure, a very big complex that’ll be second to non in Abuja”
“it’s a four standard football field with hostel and hospital, it’s the way to engage the youths and support them,”
When asked why the club is currently based in Abuja instead of Gombe State, he said, they’re resident in Abuja for some political considerations, which is not giving him the enabling environment to thrive, I belongs to an opposition party in the state.
“The team started in Gombe, I’m from opposition party, I’m not getting the enabling environment to play the professional league in Gombe State, some people thought it’s political”
“People are intimidated because the youths and everyone is gathering for mailantariki, that’s why we moved the club to Abuja to play in the NNL,” He reaffirmed.
