LMC approves 18 clubs for NPFL, drops Nembe City, Giwa

The League Management Company (LMC), has confirmed that two top flight clubs, Nembe City FC and Giwa FC, will not participate in the 2013/2014 Nigeria Premier League season, because they failed to substantially comply with the minimum registration requirements.

However, 18 other clubs have gotten approval to take part in the new season. LMC’s chief operating officer, Salihu Abubakar, revealed this information on Thursday, stating that, “since the deadline for submission of registration form closed 48 hours ago, we have been scrutinizing the registration materials returned by the clubs and can now state that Nembe City and Giwa FC are in substantial default of the minimum requirements to participate in the Glo Premier League this season.

“They have consequently been withdrawn from the fixture and all matches involving both clubs are cancelled.”

The LMC reiterated that the registration requirements are important, in order to promote the development of the league and also for the benefit of the clubs.

“This is the first step towards bringing our clubs to meet the conditions prescribed in the Nigeria Football Federation Club Licensing Regulation which recently came into force,” Abubakar concluded.

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