NFF presidential aspirant faults LMC over aborted NPFL
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by emmanuel afonne7 nan reports that election into the executive committee of the nff is scheduled to hold on sept. 20 according to the amended timetable of the sani katu-led electoral committee2 okoye the proprietor of bimo football club of lafiastated this this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in abuja while reeling out his six-point agenda ahead of the forthcoming nff board election2 nan recalls that an emergency joint consultative meeting of the 20 npfl clubs and the lmc met in abuja in august and declared the 20172018 league season concluded after 24 matches2 the meeting said that the decision was against the backdrop of the adverse circumstances in the administration of football in the country which resulted in the indefinite suspension league leading to huge fixture congestion for both league and cup competitions2 the decision meant that none of the 20 npfl clubs would be relegated to the lower league while four would be promoted from the nigeria national league nnl to bring the number of the npfl clubs for the 201819 season to 242 but okoye said that the termination of the npfl with 13 games still remaining while teams were separated from each other with just few points can best be described as match fixing2 this is the first time in the history of nigeria football where the league was concluded with 13 matches to go2 four people just sat down and decided to award lobi stars fc the npfl title2 we all know that we have a problem it is only in nigeria that you know the winner of the league from the beginning of the season. we have to stop this okoye said2 mr chinedu okoye presidential aspirant in the sept. 20 nigeria football federation nff electionhas faulted the decision of league management company lmc to end the nigeria professional football league npfl season with 13 matches left to play2 okoye said if elected president he would tell nigerians what the football secretariat got from sponsors annually2 there is sponsorship money from coca cola and other big companies you cannot run nff like a cabal or your fathers property because it has a mandate to develop football in nigeria2 nff collects 4.3 million dollars every year from fifa for the development of football in nigeria including the payment of state football associations as well as female football but unfortunately these monies get into individual pockets2 is that the way to grow no. we dont need nff president that will go and watch arsenal when his national team is playing a friendly game that is what we have currently in nigeria but it has to stop2 i am talking about transparency and accountability in the nff and i will be ready to answer anybody that will come to me to know how much comes into nff and how much goes out2 in this current administration you dare not ask because if you do you are pushed out the following day okoye added2 the nff presidential aspirant noted that the annual financial grant from fifa was basically meant for the development of football at the grassroots with fa chairmen taking the driving seats and not to be spent on frivolities2 he said there is no facility and there is no age grade competition in nigeria. children from age eight to 18 dont have any competition2 again the issue of doping in our games has to stop. if i become the nff president the people that dope will have no place in our sport2 according to okoye time has come when nigerians should find out how football especially the leagues are run in the country2

NFF presidential aspirant faults LMC over aborted NPFL
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by emmanuel afonne7 nan reports that election into the executive committee of the nff is scheduled to hold on sept. 20 according to the amended timetable of the sani katu-led electoral committee2 okoye the proprietor of bimo football club of lafiastated this this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in abuja while reeling out his six-point agenda ahead of the forthcoming nff board election2 nan recalls that an emergency joint consultative meeting of the 20 npfl clubs and the lmc met in abuja in august and declared the 20172018 league season concluded after 24 matches2 the meeting said that the decision was against the backdrop of the adverse circumstances in the administration of football in the country which resulted in the indefinite suspension league leading to huge fixture congestion for both league and cup competitions2 the decision meant that none of the 20 npfl clubs would be relegated to the lower league while four would be promoted from the nigeria national league nnl to bring the number of the npfl clubs for the 201819 season to 242 but okoye said that the termination of the npfl with 13 games still remaining while teams were separated from each other with just few points can best be described as match fixing2 this is the first time in the history of nigeria football where the league was concluded with 13 matches to go2 four people just sat down and decided to award lobi stars fc the npfl title2 we all know that we have a problem it is only in nigeria that you know the winner of the league from the beginning of the season. we have to stop this okoye said2 mr chinedu okoye presidential aspirant in the sept. 20 nigeria football federation nff electionhas faulted the decision of league management company lmc to end the nigeria professional football league npfl season with 13 matches left to play2 okoye said if elected president he would tell nigerians what the football secretariat got from sponsors annually2 there is sponsorship money from coca cola and other big companies you cannot run nff like a cabal or your fathers property because it has a mandate to develop football in nigeria2 nff collects 4.3 million dollars every year from fifa for the development of football in nigeria including the payment of state football associations as well as female football but unfortunately these monies get into individual pockets2 is that the way to grow no. we dont need nff president that will go and watch arsenal when his national team is playing a friendly game that is what we have currently in nigeria but it has to stop2 i am talking about transparency and accountability in the nff and i will be ready to answer anybody that will come to me to know how much comes into nff and how much goes out2 in this current administration you dare not ask because if you do you are pushed out the following day okoye added2 the nff presidential aspirant noted that the annual financial grant from fifa was basically meant for the development of football at the grassroots with fa chairmen taking the driving seats and not to be spent on frivolities2 he said there is no facility and there is no age grade competition in nigeria. children from age eight to 18 dont have any competition2 again the issue of doping in our games has to stop. if i become the nff president the people that dope will have no place in our sport2 according to okoye time has come when nigerians should find out how football especially the leagues are run in the country2