POACHING GANARU:
Pillars ordered to pay Nasarawa N2m

KANO Pillars and their new coach, Mohammed Baba Ganaru, have been fined separately by the League Management Company (LMC) for breaching the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Rules and Framework.
In its recent exercise of Summary Jurisdiction, the LMC cited Ganaru for breaching the Code of Conduct for Managers by accepting to enter into negotiation with Kano Pillars without first obtaining the consent of his employer, Nasarawa United.
Ganaru’s sanction for this breach includes the payment of a fine of N200,000, forfeiture of one month salary to Nasarawa United as stipulated in his contract with the club and a further forfeiture of N5 million, being 50% of his sign-on as agreed in the contract with Nasarawa United.
The coach though, has a right to submit to the decision or elect to have his case heard by a commission in which case he has 48 hours to communicate his objection in writing to the LMC.
For failing to obtain permission of Nasarawa United before entering into negotiation with Ganaru for the position of Technical Adviser, Kano Pillars was charged with breach of Code of Conduct for Clubs.
Kano Pillars was fined N.5m for contravening the Rules and will pay N2m as compensation to Nasarawa United within two weeks. Pillars have 48hours to submit to the Summary Jurisdiction and exercised by the LMC and pay the fines or appear before a Commission.
The LMC decisions came as a result of a petition by Nasarawa United on the contracting of their Coach by Kano Pillars without following the laid down rules for such transaction between clubs, coaches and players.