Governor Oshiomhole appoints Eguavon as Insurance Coach.

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the appointment of Coach Austin Eguavoen as the Administrator of Insurance Football Club of Benin.Also appointed on the board of the club are; Amodu Shaibu (Technical Adviser), Chief Abel Ehigie (Edo FA chairman), Charles Ihemekpen will serve as secretary. Secretary to Edo State Government, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere is the chairman of the interim Board.Oshimhole in a special broadcast said that Insurance FA must be returned to the elite class of Nigerian football and not the lower rank it has sank now.The governor mandated the interim board to oversee the transition of  Bendel Insurance FC  for a period  of three months preparatory to the appointment of a substantive board.Part of the term of reference of the interim board is to ascertain the financial position of the club.“They are to verify debts and salaries owed by the club, and prepare the club for the new football season;“Its mandate includes to disband the team and replace it with the Amodu-tutored academy players, and any other responsibilities as may be desired to make the club progress.However, the fate of players already screened by Coach Loveday Omoruyi hangs as they may not be needed with the new directive to the interim board.Football stakeholders in Benin hailed Eguavoen’s appointment as one of the ways of returning sanity to the team. “This is the right step Comrade Oshiomhole has taken since five years ago about Insurance.”