‘I’m blind and abandoned’ – former Kano Pillars’ Coach Ibrahim Musa cries out.
To add insult to injury, he says he has been abandoned by both the Kano State Government and the football club he once served with utmost dedication and commitment.
Coach Musa, […] Former Kano Pillars Technical Adviser, Coach Ibrahim Musa, said after struggling with cataracts for 10 years, he has completely lost his sight.
Coach Musa, popularly known as “Jugunu,” spent roughly 16 years with Kano Pillars in various coaching capacities.
His lengthy tenure with the four-time Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions was split between serving as an assistant coach for 12 years and working as the head coach for over four years. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Pillars’ longest-serving coach disclosed that the Kano State Government once donated only N7 million out of the N17 million requested by an Indian hospital that promised to perform the surgery required to restore his vision. He said, “About a year ago, my condition deteriorated. Ahmed Musa, who was then the Team Manager, supported my medical checkup and promised to keep paying my salary for one season.
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