Kano Pillars Demand For Aiteo Cup Prize Money From NFF

Kano Pillars Demand For Aiteo Cup Prize Money From NFF

By Niyi Busari

Nigeria Professional Football League side, Kano Pillars are demanding for the payment of their 2019 Aiteo Cup prize money after winning Nigeria’s oldest cup competition four months ago.

The club’s Media Officer, Rilwanu Idris Malikawa, in a statement, said the ‘Sai masu Gida’ are still owed the N25m Aiteo Cup prize money.

It will be recalled that Pillars ended their 29 years wait as they won the 2019 Aiteo Cup after a 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Niger Tornadoes at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna on July 28th.

Four months after Pillars won the Aiteo Cup, the NFF has not released the prize money and there is no information on when the money would be given to the club. “

"2019 Aiteo Cup champions, kano Pillars FC are yet to receive its Twenty five million naira (N25m) price money as at now.

"The club are waiting for the authority concerned to release the prize money.
The statement added that the management of the club is surprised when they got reports from some quarters that the club have collected the money some weeks ago.

"We are expecting the money since and we can recalled last month the organisers of the competition (NFF) through one of its executive told us that plans are under pipeline to send us the money but till now, nothing has been paid."

Chairman, Kano Pillars Football Club, Alhaji Surajo Shaaibu Yahaya hope all the authority concernsed with payment of the money would do the needful in no distance time.

Malikawa then urged the NFF to kindly pay Kano Pillars their prize money which he said would go a long way in helping the club to address some pressing financial problems.