NEW IMC TO RUN RTU (Page 55)

Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale

A new Interim Management Committee (IMC) has taken over the management of the “Pride of the North,” Real Tamale United (RTU) to propel the club to higher heights.
The 13-member committee is being chaired by Mr Abdallah Samande Kassim, a founding player of the club and an accomplished journalist. He is currently the executive director of Rural Media Network (RUMNET), a Tamale-based media advocacy NGO.
The other members of the IMC include persons of top management positions in the NGO community and civil service who are imbued with long years of experience at their respective organisations.
They took over from the previous committee that was headed by ace Asante Kotoko player and technical director, Mr Malik Jabir, on November 19, 2007.
According to Mr Kassim, “we intend to run the club on professional levels for which reason we have recently defined the roles of the various heads of the management team of the darling club.”
He explained that over the years the roles of the members were not clearly defined, leading to overlapping of duties and its resultant effect of laxity and low performance.
“We hope that with this new development, they would be encouraged to put up their best for the common interest of the team,” Mr Kassim added.
The Chief Executive Officer intimated that his administration intended to build RTU into one of the formidable teams in the country, and that for this season everything was being done to ensure that RTU was among the top four clubs by the end of the 2007/2008 league season.
He said the focus of his administration would be on keeping the playing body in very good shape.
“We want to create conducive environment for them to give of their best at all times to keep the club that had been touted as the most-travelled during any particular league season afloat,” Mr. Kassin gave assurance.
The CEO further disclosed that they were restructuring the teeming followers of the club into viable channels whose collective efforts and support would boost the image of the club to improve on its fortunes.
He expressed appreciation to board members of the club for the confidence reposed in him and his members and commended his predecessors, old players and supporters for the various effective roles played over the years.