The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, has paid registration fees for 52 clubs in Kano State to feature in this year’s Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO).

Senator Barau, the founder of the Barau Football Club, paid the fees following the request of the Chairman of the forum of NLO clubs in Kano, Alhaji Salisu Ibrahim, during a courtesy visit to him at the National Assembly on Tuesday.

While soliciting for help on behalf of the clubs, Ibrahim who is a veteran football administrator said: “we are in the National Assembly to thank the Deputy President of the Senate for saving football in Kano State. He had supported us even before he established his football club.

“Today, I can boldly say that he is the number one promoter and supporter of football in Kano and the north in general. He has built 13 modern stadiums in Kano State. We are appealing to him to come to our rescue to pay registration fees for the NLO,” he said.

Responding, the Deputy President of the Senate instantly announced the payment of registration fees for all the 52 NLO clubs in Kano State.

His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Ismail Mudashir, in a statement, quoted him as saying “Nothing is too much to engage our youths. I’m paying the registration fees for all the 52 clubs today. The more, the merrier.

“Let them all participate in the NLO. As a footballer and a midfielder while growing up, I know the importance of participating in competitions like this.”

Meanwhile, Ibrahim Yunusa Sulaiman, one of the players of Barau FC has been invited to the Nigerian Flying Eagles camp ahead of this year’s AFCON in Morocco.