NFF: Don’t Sign Attestation Forms If Owed, NFF Warns NPFL Players

The Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) has warned Nigeria Skilled Soccer League (NPFL) gamers towards signing attestation kinds if they’re owed cash by golf equipment.

The warning was contained in a current round issued by Davidson Owumi, CEO of NPFL following gamers’ protests over unpaid allowances and salaries through the years.

“Word that the participant registration train for the 2022/2023 season of the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League remains to be ongoing. Be due to this fact knowledgeable that any contract participant who indicators an attestation doc in furtherance of their registration could also be estopped from making any additional claims towards the membership concerned.

“Word that the attestation doc, which is a requirement for the registration of contract gamers is meant to assist the league registration officers make clear the non-indebtedness of golf equipment to gamers. Subsequently, a participant who indicators the attestation doc discharges his membership of legal responsibility for overdue payables to clear a pathway for registration.

“Gamers and their intermediaries or representatives are due to this fact suggested on the implication of signing attestation paperwork, as gamers will from henceforth be held accountable for endorsements made within the acknowledged doc.

“Gamers are due to this fact enjoined to be skilled within the discharge of their contractual obligations to their employers/golf equipment always, as a way to be legally and justifiably grounded of their claims for overdue payables.

“With out prejudice to the above, all soccer golf equipment ought to be aware that nothing within the foregoing paragraphs shall represent a waiver of their contractual obligation to their gamers as acknowledged in Rule 89.45 of the Framework and Guidelines of the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League,” the assertion stated.

In the meantime, the date for the kick off for the upcoming season is but to be introduced.