Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has appointed former Super Eagles player, Kanu Nwankwo as the Supervisor of Enyimba international footfall club of Aba. He officially takes over from Mr Felix Anyansi Again, the former Chairman who was in charge for 24 years before his removal by the present administration in the State.
This development was confirmed by Abia State Commissioner for Information and culture, Prince Okey Kanu while addressing the press about the outcome of the first Abia State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House.
He noted that the appointment of Kanu by Otti, was aimed at strengthening Enyimba to win more trophies. His words: “We all know that Kanu Nwankwo is a football legend from this State and the Governor has thought it wise to bring him on board to supervise Enyimba Football Club. “The club has recorded a lot of successes over the years.
Mr Kanu Nwankwo’s coming on board is only to strengthen them to win more laurels in the future”, the Commissioner said. Before this eventual confirmation by the State government, there were reports in some media organizations that the former club Chairman, Felix Anyansi was resisting the Governor’s directive to vacate the seat.
