Izuchukwu OkosiSunshine Queens have relieved head coach Oladimeji Abimbola of her duties following the team’s relegation from the Nigeria Women’s Football League (NWFL) reports Prime Business Africa.
The coach has been demoted to take charge of the U-17 side.
The Sunshine senior women’s side will now be coached by Rafiu Oseni as the new manager and will be assisted by Nike Adekunle and former captain of the club, Odunayo Adejoro.
Making this announcement on Thursday was Ondo State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye who noted that the new appointments are with immediate effect.
The Commissioner noted that the repositioning was aimed at restructuring football on the state.
The Nigeria Football Federation had mandated clubs across the Federation to establish women’s and youth teams.
This is geared towards ensuring the continual production of talents and also to engender gender inclusivity in the game.
Sunshine Queens have produced several national team players to the various women’s national teams.
The Akure-based have also been winners of several league titles.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
