GTI may announce title sponsor, new partners for NPFL this week

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Strategic partners to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, may announce a title sponsor for the league this week, sources close to the financial outfit, have said.

Since Globacom withdrew its sponsorship of the league in the 2016/2017 season, the league has run without a title sponsor. But that is about to change.

A broker, who was in a meeting with GTI last week, told The Guardian that the asset management body is about finalizing details with a firm for the title sponsorship of the league.

“From all indications, GTI will announce the new title sponsor for the league and some new partnerships next week,” the source said, adding that the league has started attracting interest from within and outside Nigeria.

He debunked the report that only the winner of the league would be rewarded at the end of the season, saying that there are graduated prizes for the clubs in the league.

GTI on Friday announced that the winner of the league will earn N150 million, up from the N100m given to Enyimba for winning the 2022/2023 season.

He said: “It is not a winner-takes-all league. Like in every other competition of this magnitude, there are rewards for all the participants.

“There will also be grants for the teams, but I don’t know how much they plan to give the clubs yet.”

GTI/TNFF Head of Media and Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, had in a statement on Friday, reiterated that the winner of the league will get N150 million for their efforts,