Nigeria Premier Football League board set for draws, AGM in Abuja on Tuesday 

By Wale Mustapha

The draw and Annual General Meeting, AGM for the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL season has been set for Tuesday, 29th of August, 2023 in Abuja.

The meeting will also be the first to held under the current Honorable Gbenga Elegbeleye led leadership of Nigeria Premier League, NPL board since it was inaugurated as substantive body.

“We are looking forward to a cordial but productive AGM where we will share our vision to make the league commercially attractive and increase revenue for our clubs to build competitive squads and improve infrastructure,” Elegbeleye told the NPFL Media on Monday.

“The league has set off on good footing with the planned live broadcast streaming of matches, and in the coming days, we will share the good news coming from this commercial initiative”.

After the AGM, draw for the full fixtures will be conducted at 5pm and Football icons are expected to grace the event at the Hotel Sandralia in Jabi, Abuja, with all the 20 clubs expressing their preparedness for the new season.

“You must have noticed that we have been participating in a number of pre-season tournaments and friendly games to prime our squad for the new season”, the Club Owners Association Secretary, Godwin Enakhena said last week.

Enyimba FC of Aba are the reigning champions of the NPFL after winning the Super Six championship held in Lagos State earlier in the year.