Viva Emerges Official Sponsor As Kano Pillars Signs MOU With Aspira
FORMER Nigeria Professional Football League champions, Kano Pillars FC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) with Aspira Nigeria, a Kano- based private company, till the end of the 2020/ 2021 football season.
Chairman of the club, Surajo Shaaibu Yahaya Jambul, said shortly after signing the agreement on Thursday evening that the MOU is part of the club’s determination to bring private organisations in the running of the club affairs to reduce dependence on the state government. He thanked the management of the company for accepting the club’s demand. VIVA, the company’s flagship brand, and one of the leading detergent and multipurpose soap brands in Nigeria, will be the official sponsor of Kano Pillars FC for the season.
Surajo Jambul assured that the company would not regret partnering with the club and said it would be a great avenue for the company to sell its products more. Earlier, Ahmad Haruna Zago, chairman of ASPIRA Nigeria, said they agreed to partner with Kano Pillars FC, considering the significant of football now in the society.
Haruna Zago commended the chairman of the club for making efforts to convince the company to agree to the partnership. He described the Kano Pillars’ chairman as a visionary leader.
Haruna Zago, chairman, ASPIRA Nigeria and Santhosh Kumar Nair, head of marketing, Aspira
Nigeria Ltd. presented the Jerseys to the club.