
ELEGBELEYE NAMED CHAIRMAN OF NPFL BOARD
By Oduola F.A.
Former chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has been appointed chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) following its establishment by the Nigeria Football Federation.
The former deputy chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Youth and Sports, headed the IMC that brilliantly executed the last NPFL season and and the Super 6, drawing high praise from the NFF and stakeholders in general.
The NFF believes that the former Director-General of the National Sports Commission, with his vast expertise, is the righ person to lead the newly constituted body.
With Elegbeleye on the new NPFL board are Mallam Mohammed Nasiru Sa’idu (Member); Barr. Poubeni Ogun (Member); Mr. Daniel Amokachi (Member); Dr. Okey Kpalukwu (Member); Mallam Suleiman Umar (Member) and; Mr. Dominic Iorfa (Member).
The Secretary/Legal Adviser is Barr. Danlami Ibrahim 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.
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