Former Nigeria international Garba Lawal has been appointed general manager of Nigeria Premier League club Kaduna United.
Forty-year-old Garba Lawal, who is also on the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, is expected to reposition Kaduna United, whose only major trophy was the 2010 Federation Cup.
‘Chindo’ has represented Nigeria at U20, Olympic and full international levels. He won Olympic Gold at the 1996 Olympics and has featured for Nigeria at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups.
The former Julius Berger midfielder also played professionally in Holland, Tunisia, Greece, China and Bulgaria.
Lawal and an executive committee headed by the Kaduna State sports commissioner will be inaugurated on Monday.
The executive committee has former chairman Sabo Babayaro as well as former FIFA referee Alex Manna, among others.
Last season, Kaduna United finished 10th on the league table with 53 points from 38 matches.
