La Liga, NWFL deepen partnership to improve female football in Nigeria

The Spanish La Liga has deepened its partnership with the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) in a bid to take female football in the country to the greatest of heights.

La Liga Global Network Delegate for Ghana and Nigeria, Desmond Chiji, revealed on Sunday its plans to collaborate more with the NWFL so as to improve female football in Nigeria.

Chiji said this at an event organised by La Liga in conjunction with the NWFL titled the #FIFAWWC final ‘WATCH PARTY’ in Lagos as part of efforts to endear the corporate sector in growing the Nigeria women’s league.

He stated further that La Liga has some initiatives like the He-She initiative, sisterhood, and women’s empowerment, so they are working and talking with the NWFL on a lot of initiatives on how they can actually make women’s football in Nigeria what it is supposed to be.

“And also to help boost the economy as regards female football in Nigeria, because at the end of the day, what we want to do is to let people know that the sport on its own is an economy,” Chiji said.

“Football is a very big business now, and how do you develop the economy around female football? You need to be consistent, you need to continue to work and make new ways so it can be more interesting for everybody.”

Chiji said he would like Nigerian parents and female footballers in the country to understand that there is a career path in football.

He, however, believes that it is not going to be a walk in the park or that it would be a one-day thing, as there would be a need to be consistent and work more to develop female football in Nigeria.

The La Liga official also called on Nigerian parents to support their daughters who want to go into football because there is a career path in the game.

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