NFF dissolves IMC as Elegbeleye heads NPFL board

Gbenga Elegbeleye

• GTI tasks investors on elite club ownership The Nigeria Football Federation, yesterday, announced the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), which has now been replaced by a board to be headed by IMC’s former chairman, Gbenga Elegbeleye.

Elegbeleye, a former deputy chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth and Sports, and also a former Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), headed the IMC that brilliantly executed the last NPFL season and the Championship Play-off, drawing high praise from the NFF and stakeholders in general.

Also on the new NPFL board are Mallam Mohammed Nasiru Sa’idu, Poubeni Ogun, former Super Eagles’ star, Daniel Amokachi, Dr. Okey Kpalukwu, Mallam Suleiman Umar and former Super Eagles striker, Dominic Iorfa.

Danlami Ibrahim will serve as secretary/legal adviser, while the Chief Operating Officer is Prince Davidson Owumi.

The new NPFL board has a two-year tenure, same as the boards of the Nigeria National League, the Nigeria Women Football League and the Nigeria Nation-Wide League One that were inaugurated on Monday.

Meanwhile, NPFL’s partners, GTI Asset Management & Trust Limited, has urged individuals, philanthropists and corporate Nigeria to take advantage of the ongoing revolution in the country’s elite club football to invest into professional league clubs.

According to Head, GTI Media and Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, his firm’s entrance into the country’s football ecosystem has paved way for elite club football to thrive.

He said that after the successful hosting of 2022/2023 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Championship play-offs and the just concluded Naija Super