NPFL Aims to be competitive and commercially attractive- Elegbeleye

Oru Leonard

Chairman board of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Honourable Gbenga Elegbeleye has disclosed that mission and drive to uplift the NPFL to be competitive on the continent and commercially attractive to Corporate Nigeria and Businesses.

Elegbeleye made the disclosure yesterday in his welcome remarks during the the 2023/24 NPL and Draw and NPFL Inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on August 29 at Abuja.

The Chairman who acknowledged the tremendous support the League has received and is still receiving from investment partners and GTI Assets stated, ”

We will still be counting on this mutually beneficial relationship in our drive to grow the financial base of the league. Our aim is to increase the revenue base to such extent that the clubs will generate money from Sponsorship shares to attract quality players from beyond Nigeria and also improve their infrastructure.

“It gladdens my heart to again harp on the Broadcast Streaming deal with Propel Sports Africa which has as today, deployed cameras to ten venues as start-up. They plan to have a camera in each Stadium in the long run while we work out modalities to move cameras from one location to the nearest. So far the AI Cameras have been deployed, installed and tested in Lagos, Ibadan, Benin, Uyo and Aba. Other locations are Ilorin, Jos, Gombe, Katsina and Kano. The distribution covers the geographical zones. In the days ahead, there will be a big announcement coming on the Broadcast Streaming deal.”

He appealed to club leaders to offer all required support to the propel Sports Africa team as they start and announced that all individual club streaming activity will no longer be allowed as clubs will be offered the data of all their matches including individual analytics for each player.

“As we move to commence the new season, this Board will be firm in enforcement of the rules and regulations as well as be very fair to all. There will be no favouritism in applying the rules no matter whose interest is at stake as our sole interest is the good of the league. Therefore, we would be building on the achievements of the last season to ensure that Nigeria domestic league reclaims a pride of place in Africa” he cautioned.

He commended the role of the media in the success of their operations adding that media support would always be needed.

In attendance were, President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, NFF Board Members, NPL Board members, PFL Clubs and Other Stakeholders.