By: Jamilu Uba Adamu
No fewer than 250 golfers across the country are expected to take part in the forthcoming Kano Golf Club Captain’s Inaugural Golf Tournament.
The Golf Club’s Public Relations Relations Officer, Mr. Bashir Musa made the disclosure in a press statement issued on Thursday in Kano.
He said that the two days’ Golf Tournament will kick-start on 3rd and end on 4th February, 2024.
Mr. Musa further hinted that among the dignitaries that expected to grace the Tournament include the Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf his counterparts from Katsina State, Dikko Radda, and Jigawa State, Umar Namadi.
Also to be present according to the PRO are former Plateau State Governor who was also a former Minister of Labour and Employment,
and now a senator, Senator Solomon Lalong and also the former Bauchi State Governor, M.A Abubakar (SAN) amongst others.
The famous Kano Golf Club was established 116 years ago and is one of the oldest Golf Clubs in Nigeria.
The club was founded in 1908 as one of the Sports Centres of the Colonial Army after the conquest of the ancient Kano.
The present Captain, Amb. Ali M. Magashi, is the seventeenth indigenous Captain of Golf Club.