Chairman of Nigeria Skilled Soccer League (NPFL), Honourable Gbenga Elegbeleye has come out with a daring declaration that matches of the home competitors will begin being aired on tv from the second week of this month.
Elegbeleye made this disclosure in an unique interview with Sports247, throughout which he additionally said that board members of the NPFL must be praised for having the ability to run the top-flight home league with no sponsor.
The previous director-general of Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) identified, “We don’t have a sponsor for the league, and we’re not even given cash by the federal government.
“So, it was strictly a zero account that we operated with. Folks ought to, due to this fact, admire that now we have been capable of function at this stage … with no sponsor, no authorities help, and no cash flowing from wherever.
“So, we are saying kudos to the board members of the NPFL and people of us who’re managing the league.”
Regardless of the challenges that he admitted the NPFL’s management goes by means of, Elegbeleye beat his chest with quite a lot of achievements the league’s physique has been capable of pull off by means of the final three years and hinted that extra large strides will likely be achieved in 2026.
“We’ve been capable of pay referees often. Though, in the direction of the top of final yr, we had challenges in making these funds, it’s one thing we’re addressing squarely.
“We’ve been capable of improve prize cash throughout the previous three seasons. We first paid a million naira to Enyimba. The next season, Rangers gained, and we paid them 150 million. Final season, Remo gained, and so they received 200 million.
“We’ve been capable of get a media associate, and earlier than the primary ten days of January, we’re going to be on tv. That’s my pleasure,” Elegbeleye revealed with glee.
