The Nigeria Nationwide League (NNL) has acquired a significant enhance after sealing a one-year sponsorship deal value over ₦500 million with Africa’s main sports activities betting and gaming firm, betPawa.
The partnership introduces the groundbreaking Locker Room Bonus, an innovation designed to reward gamers immediately for each victory.
In contrast to conventional sponsorships, the place funds not often trickle right down to athletes, this initiative ensures gamers profit immediately.
By an automatic digital platform that verifies line-ups, each successful participant within the NNL will obtain ₦56,000 immediately into their cellular cash wallets inside minutes of the ultimate whistle.
Moreover, the league itself will earn ₦400,000 for each match performed every weekend, giving each gamers and the NNL a monetary raise.
Talking on the event, Borah Omary Ndanyungu, Head of Native Advertising and marketing & CSR at betPawa, stated the initiative is designed to remodel Nigerian soccer:
“We’re not simply handing out money, we’re constructing a system that lifts Nigerian soccer to the following stage. This platform offers gamers the respect they deserve for each hard-fought victory — no delays, no drama.”
Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, welcomed the deal, noting its potential to retain expertise within the home league.
“One among my main issues has been how one can preserve our greatest gamers within the league. That is the best way ahead, and it’ll mirror positively on the expansion of the sport in Nigeria.”
NNL Chairman, George Aluo, additionally recommended the partnership and praised the NFF management for prioritizing grassroots soccer.
He highlighted the sturdy performances of NNL golf equipment, a lot of which have earned promotion to the NPFL in recent times.
Director-Basic of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee, Philip Shaibu, described the sponsorship as a morale booster:
“This partnership will ginger the gamers to offer their finest and have a ricocheting impact on the league and the general improvement of the sport.”
Past gaming, betPawa reaffirmed its dedication to advancing African sports activities by revolutionary sponsorship fashions and CSR initiatives, stating its long-term imaginative and prescient is to assist professionalize sports activities throughout the continent.
