The Nigeria Girls’s Soccer League (NWFL) has acquired a significant monetary enhance following the signing of a landmark funding settlement with Toptier Sports activities Administration.
The deal was formally unveiled on Friday, December 19, 2025, at a signing and presentation ceremony held at Fraser Suites, Abuja. It locations Nigerian girls’s soccer on the coronary heart of a ₦20 billion private-sector dedication unfold over 10 years.
Below the settlement, the NWFL will initially profit from a five-year funding deal, with an choice for renewal after evaluate. The league will obtain ₦1 billion yearly, with a assured 15 per cent improve yearly.
Out of the yearly funding, ₦200 million has been put aside for league administration, whereas ₦800 million shall be used for branding, advertising and marketing, and industrial improvement of the league.
The partnership kinds a part of Toptier Sports activities Administration’s long-term plan to professionalise the NWFL, strengthen its buildings, and place it as a number one girls’s soccer league in Africa.
Talking on the occasion, Chief Govt Officer of Toptier Sports activities Administration, Chichi Nwoko, mentioned the settlement displays a deliberate transfer away from short-term options.
“It is a long-term funding in construction, folks, and potentialities. If girls’s soccer in Nigeria is to actually compete globally, it have to be constructed intentionally, funded correctly, and managed professionally. That’s what this dedication represents,” Nwoko mentioned.
Additionally talking, Director Common of the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC), Hon. Bukola Olopade, described the partnership as an indication of rising belief in reforms inside Nigerian sports activities.
“This partnership is a transparent vote of confidence within the reforms happening throughout Nigerian sports activities. We’re intentional about creating an surroundings the place credible non-public buyers can work with authorities to construct sustainable leagues, shield athlete welfare, and develop the sports activities economic system,” Olopade said.
The deal is predicted to usher in a brand new period of development, stability, and elevated visibility for ladies’s soccer in Nigeria.
