NFF President meets club owners, seeks better-packaged, more fruitful NPFL

The pressing have to institute a greater –packaged, fulfilling and extra fruitful Nigeria Skilled Soccer League that may germinate a extra useful soccer financial system for all stakeholders was the crux of a gathering on Monday which the President of Nigeria Soccer Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau had with house owners of golf equipment within the elite League.

In attendance have been 13 of the membership house owners, with former Nigeria Soccer supremo Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima representing Kano Pillars and Nasarawa United boss, Barr. Isaac Danladi on seat as Chairman of the membership house owners.

Additionally on the essential assembly with the NFF President have been Elder Paul Bassey (Akwa United FC); Adamu Aliyu Mohammed (Niger Tornadoes FC); Coach Amehi Dickson (Dakkada FC); Promise Nwachukwu (Heartland FC); Ferdinand Emeka (Rangers Int’l FC): Prince Tunde Ogunja (Sunshine Stars); Rt. Hon. Tunde Olaniyan (Taking pictures Stars FC); Abubakar Abubakar (Gombe United FC); Mr. Dominic Iorfa (Lobi Stars FC); Mr. Jude Anyadufu (Enyimba FC) and Alhaji Abdulsamad Badama (Katsina United FC).

Representatives of Rivers United, Kwara United, Plateau United and Wikki Vacationers have been absent with apologies.

NFF’s Deputy Common Secretary, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme and Ag. Director of Authorized, Barr. Okey Obi have been a part of the deliberations.

Resolutions:

1) The Membership Homeowners unanimously congratulated the brand new NFF President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and Members of his Board and pledged whole help to the Board on any steps it can take to make sure that the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League actually begins to dwell as much as the title of an expert league in each sense of the phrase.

2) The Membership Homeowners collectively maintained that the NPFL has suffered critical issues prior to now six years and recognized the next areas:

a) Lack of Sponsorship

b) No TV Broadcast

c) Poor Officiating

d) Inadequate Funding

d) Lack of Match Integrity

e) Poor remuneration of match officers and big indebtedness on this space

f) Matches received on the idea of Highest Bidder

g) Poor Infrastructure

h) Incompetent Directors

i) No prize cash for winners and/or failure to honour identical, et cetera

3) The Membership Homeowners charged the NFF President and his Board to critically look into the aforementioned areas of concern and restructure the Nigeria Skilled Soccer League consistent with worldwide greatest practices.

4) They referred to as on the NFF President to arrange a small committee of soccer consultants to look into the previous League Administration Committee (LMC) and the present Interim Administration Committee (IMC) and provide you with a useful governance construction to drive the NPFL for the great and growth of soccer in Nigeria and for the advantage of all main soccer stakeholders.

5) The Membership Homeowners appealed to the NFF President to inaugurate the current IMC as appointed by the Federal Authorities by way of the Honourable Minister for Youth and Sports activities Growth, Mr. Sunday Dare however with a brief tenure.

Supply: NFF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT