NPFL 2024/25 Season: club Owners Settle For Full Format

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Club Owners have decided that the 2024/2025 Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL will be played in a FULL league season format of 38 matches.

Infonews.co.ng gathered the body took the decision during the Club Owners AGM meeting today.

It was earlier feared they would settle for the abridged league format owing the the crunch economy and hard times but feelers reaching our reporter suggested the full season of 38 games was adopted.

Meanwhile, the NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau has commended the league body handlers for last seasons success but urged them to seek for sponsors to earn more money for the league, clubs and also to help ease the exodus of our players.

"I want to express appreciation to the board of the NPFL for a job well done. I also want to appreciate GTI for their support

“But the NPFL should do more to attract sponsors to bring more money into the league. When more money comes in, the clubs will also have more money.

“The issue of our players running away from the league must stop. If the clubs get more money to pay the players very well, they won’t run to go and play in any African country.

“They will stop moving away, going to play in Sudan or Tanzania. When there is more money for the clubs, it will stop the players from even running to Benin Republic.”

“Let us holistically look at where we were and where we are now and where the NFF can come in to support you to improve. We shall do our best to continue to improve on the standard of the league.

“Last season we had challenges with fixtures. We have to keep the fixtures. You shouldn’t make the fixtures public until everything is in order. We must keep to it. There shouldn’t be accumulated fixtures again. No postponement of matches.

 “We must keep to the fixtures from the beginning to the end of the season. When drawing up the fixtures, you must take into consideration other competitions like the Federation Cup. With your cooperation, we would achieve this. By the grace of God, we would make a lot of changes."