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NPFL gives clubs ultimatum to set up websites
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Ahead of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, the league organizers have given clubs one month to set up their websites.
The NPFL’s instruction was part of decisions reached at a one-day summit for club media directors in Makurdi, Benue State.
The summit was declared open by the Executive Governor of Benue State, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, who directed that the completion date for rehabilitation of the Aper Aku Stadium, the home ground of Lobi Stars, be brought forward to eight weeks from ten.
The Governor promised to reconstruct the Gboko Stadium and purchase three buses for Lobi Stars and assured the Club of payment of their outstanding allowances.
At an interactive session with the Club Media Directors, the NPFL Chief Operating Officer, Prince Davidson Owumi informed the participants that a letter would be written to clubs that are yet to set up websites to do so within one month.
Owumi also advised the Media Officers to invest in personal development to improve their skills and contribute qualitatively to the development of their club’s engagement with their fans and communities.
It should be noted that some teams in the NPFL don’t have websites while others are not functional.
Resource persons at the workshop included the NPFL Director of Media, Harry Iwuala, who spoke on becoming an effective club media officer.
There were also presentations by Andrew Randa, who dwelt on deploying multimedia tools to improve the functions of the club media.
Barrister Uche Egbe, the NPFL Head of Legal and Compliance, explained relevant codes of the Framework and Rules guiding the conduct of club officers.
Other speakers at the event were Lazarus Ibeabuchi, Head of Public Relations at StarTimes, and Andrew Ekejiuba of GTI Assets Management.
Meanwhile, three NPFL teams will be in action this weekend for the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup.
Champions, Rangers will face US Zilimadjou of Comoros Island as Remo Stars host AS FAR FC of Morocco in the CAF Champions League.
El-Kanemi Warriors welcome Dadje FC from Benin Republic in the Confederation Cup while Enyimba FC is on bye for the Preliminary Round of the CAF Inter-Club competitions.
