FOOTBALL: Resumption of new NPFL season postponed
Emmanuel Alfred
The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) which was slated to kick-off this weekend has been postponed with no new date being given.
The reason for the postponement is for the members of the Nigeria premier Football League to focus on the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) which will be held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
It is the third time the kick-off date has been shifted since the original date of 26 August and this constantly raises concerns on the readiness of the League organizing body who has never started any season in the past 20 years on the first announced date.
According to a press statement, signed by Davidson Owumi, the Chief Operating Officer, he explained that the League body yielded to representations from various Stakeholders in reaching the decision.
In his words: “We have everything set for the kickoff in Ibadan on Saturday but following representations from multiple stakeholders and more cogent is the complex logistics involved in having our Chairman and Clubs leadership travel from Ibadan to Uyo” Owumi told NPFL Media Wednesday morning.
He said the postponement has been communicated to the clubs so they can stand down travel plans already made.
“Please, take Note that there will be no flag-off game this Saturday, September 9 as originally planned”, the letter to the clubs read. He said a new kickoff date will be communicated in a few days
