The Guardian (Nigeria)

‘ How Equipment, Others Made Rangers A Rebranded Club’

- From Lawrence Njoku, Enugu

SUPPORTERS of Rangers Football Club, Enugu, yesterday said that the club has become a truly profession­al side under Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administra­tion.

Chairman of the Supporters Club, Chief Ikechukwu Nwodo, revealed to reporters in Enugu that the level of support and equipment the club has received so far from the state government has placed it among the best clubs in the Nigerian Profession­al Football League ( NPFL).

He stated that the reposition­ing of the club started when the governor set up a 10- man board of inquiry, headed by Prof. Agu Gab Agu to ascertain the problems of the club and to formulate policies that could help bring it back to the winning ways.

“That singular act paid off as it did not only help to bring the club back to life, but also added to the number of equipment and facilities that were provided to boost its determinat­ion to remain a truly profession­al club,” he stated.

Nwodo noted that Ugwuanyi gave Rangers a standard gym, a medical department and fitness centre, Chattanoog­a Wireless Pro, Mobile Ultrasound, Mobile Laser, Intellect Redial Pressure Shockwave, Ankle and Elbow training machines, adding that “we have other facilities that include sweat treading machine, bicycle timer equipment and body rollers, physiother­apy first aid box, and physiother­apy consumable­s among others.”

He stated that the centre alone and the equipment cost the state government over N40m, adding that the provision of physiother­apy and fitness centre for the club showed how much the governor loves the club.

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