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Nigeria Nationwide League set to unveil new sponsor ahead of season opener
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
The Nigeria Nationwide League are scheduled to unveil a new sponsor ahead of the league opener on April 26.
The third-tier league in the country according to its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sola Ogunowo has concluded the medicals of players and is set to unveil a new sponsor later this month.
To maintain its standard as one of the best organized grassroots domestic leagues in Africa, the NLO also informed that all matches will be live-streamed on the NLO TV app.
“The league will kick off on the 26th of April as approved by the Congress of the NLO with preparation in place,” Ogunowo told Brila FM.
“The pre-competition medical assessment for all players has been concluded over the weekend except for some few clubs due to the discretion of the doctors in charge.
“The insurance of all the players will be done as well as stated in our rules and regulations. As we are playing stadium league this year, we are going to live stream all the matches across the six geo-political zones.
“At the same time, we are looking forward to unveiling a new sponsor anytime this month before we kick off the season. There are a few sponsors on board and we plan to do the unveiling before the season opener.”
In March, the Congress of the Nationwide League One (NLO) vetoed the Stadium League Format proposed by Secretariat the nation’s third-tier domestic league body for the new season and the April 26 kick-off date.
