Rangers target one million ambassadors as fan base

BY JUDE OSSAI / ENUGU

Determined to return to its lost glory, the Management of Rangers International Football Club of Enugu has begun moves to get one million registered members as its solid fan base.

in an interactive session with sports journalists at the Rangers Corporate Office in Enugu on Wednesday, the Administrative Secretary of the club, Barrister Ferdinand Ugwuarua, said the registered members would be known as “Rangers Ambassadors”.

Ugwuarua said the would be Ambassadors would help in raising funds for the team to return to its glory, stressing that the interface was to brain storm and chart the way forward for the club.

According to him, “The interactive session with the media is tailored towards the new government of Enugu State’s mantra in managing government business.”

His words:

“This gathering can best be described as business unusual in furtherance of the current government’s mantra.

“We are here today to inform you, the media owners that are key in any success relating to the sports business, that the management of Rangers has set machinery in motion to drive for a million registered members of the club whose tokens will go a long way in making the club attain its desired heights as the preferred brand locally and internationally.

“We understand that if one wishes to run a football club business successfully, the media must be involved. This drive we are embarking on would be media driven as partners in progress.

“Our target is a minimum of one million ambassadors who are expected to pay a token as a membership fee. At the same time, they enjoy some benefits that include but are not limited to identification cards, tickets to our home games, memorabilia, and many more depending on which category a member picks.

“We have also begun talks with media consultants to help us push this drive through various social media platforms.”

Media practitioners drawn from traditional and new media commended Rangers management for the initiative, assuring the team of maximum cooperation.

Editor

Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.