LaLiga Foundation, a charity arm of the
Spanish League Association, has announced that it will support El-Kanemi
Warriors of Maiduguri with cash and equipment in furtherance of the
recently signed Memorandum of Understanding with the League Management
Company for collaboration with the Nigeria Professional Football League.
According to
Punch, while in Nigeria during the official
ceremonies to unveil the NPFL-LaLiga partnership, the Spanish league
officials were touched by the impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in the
North East, which led to El-Kanemi having to play their home games for
two seasons away from their traditional Maiduguri ground.
It was learnt that after discussions and presentations made by the LMC to LaLiga, their response was positive.
“We are writing to you from LaLiga
Foundation in relation with our next collaboration and would through
this official communication confirm our intention to collaborate with
the El-Kanemi Team as a great opportunity to start working together,”
wrote Olga de la Fuente of the Professional Football Foundation of
LaLiga to the LMC chairman, Shehu Dikko.
The partnership will consist of a cash
grant of 54,000 Euros and sporting materials including training shirts,
official balls and other equipment.
“We are very grateful to LaLiga for the
assistance they have offered. We intend to deploy the fund to upgrade
some of the facilities in our camp, build a gym where the players can
train without going out and also repair some of the basic facilities
inside the stadium that may have run down,” Chairman of El-Kanemi
Warriors, Zana Malla Kakaje, said.
