Dec 27, 2022 - 06:57
By guardian.ng

NPFL draws hold tomorrow as 2022/23 abridged league begins January 8

The 2022/23 Nigerian Professional Football League season will kickoff on January 8 with teams divided into two conferences.

It is an abridged league, which the Interim Management Committee (IMC), managers of the competition hope will help the country end the season on time and rejoin the continental football time-table.

The IMC in a statement yesterday said tomorrow’s draws, which will usher in the new season, would be glamorous as it is integral to its strategic plans to add value to the NPFL and attract more followership and corporate sponsorship.

According to IMC Chairman, Gbenga Elegbeleye, at the heart of the plans is the invitation of former International and NPFL players to the event, which holds at Sandralia Hotel, Abuja.

He said the IMC secured the approval of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to hold the draw for an abridged format of the season through a memo to the clubs.

In the memo, the IMC told the clubs, “recall the meeting of IMC with clubs owners on December 21, 2022 at Sandralia Hotel, where it was decided that the IMC will inform the NFF on the decision to organise the draws for the 2022/2023 league on December 28, 2022 and that the league will commence on the January 8, 2023 on Abridged League Format.

“The purpose of this letter is to convey the approval of the NFF to organise the draws on December 28, 2022 and the League will commence on January 8, 2023 on an Abridged League Format.”