Players’ welfare key to IMC –Elegbeleye

Gbenga Elegbeleye, Chairman of the Interim Administration Committee has assured gamers within the nation’s topflight league of fine welfare, Nigeriasoccernet.com gathered.

Since coming on-board, Gbenga Elegbeleye and his staff had made guarantees and brought steps that to enhance the league and the most recent popping out of their camp is the Gamers’ welfare which he claimed is paramount to the IMC.

As gathered from The Solar Nigeria, Gbenga Elegbeleye in an interview mentioned IMC’s imaginative and prescient is to see the gamers earn effectively a state of affairs that will see them stay at house as a substitute of dashing to play in obscure nations.

He additionally mentioned the league physique would guarantee a violence free ambiance in any respect venues the place the protection of followers and officiating officers can be assured.

“We’re out to alter the narrative of the league. Our primary concern and focus is the welfare of the gamers,” Elegbeleye mentioned.

“We need to see them earn effectively, good wage bundle whereas plying their commerce at house. The period when the gamers earned peanuts would quickly finish,” he added.

“The current wage which is nothing to jot down house about informs why they go to obscure nations. That has to cease within the subsequent one or two seasons as soon as we put the appropriate constructions in place.

“And as I mentioned, we’re going to guarantee all of the league venues are secure and TV pleasant as a result of we’re going to get the matches again on tv.”

“On the entire we’re wanting on the larger image by which each stakeholder concerned within the league would profit. We’ve got to make the league higher and stable on all fronts,” Elegbeleye acknowledged.

The chairman additionally expressed confidence that the 2023 season would kick off as scheduled on January 8 insisting that it’s in the most effective curiosity of all for the season to be an abridged league.

By Oluwayemi Omolagba