NPFL TO SELECT TEAM OF THE MONTH, SETS UP TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) has announced a nine member Technical Committee that would select a monthly NPFL Team of the Month.
The Team of the Month will be made up of 11 players and a Coach with room for reserves that will complete a squad of 18.
Gbenga Elegbeleye, the Chairman of the NPFL Board, said the decision was arrived at to create aspirational value for the players and coaches.
“We seek to elevate the quality of play and also encourage the Coaches to dig deep and offer great formations.
“With the Team of the week, players would offer their very best to make the squad and with time there will be individual and collective benefits from this”, explained Elegbeleye.
According to a letter signed by Davidson Owumi, the NPFL Chief Operating Officer, the Committee is headed by NPFL Board Member and former International, Daniel Amokachi with respected Journalists, Mitchel Obi, Segun Agbede and Deji Omotoyinbo.
Other members of the Committee include NFF Technical Director, Austin Eguavoen, Coach Manu Garba, Harrison Kalla, Coach Godwin Uwauh and Davidson Adejuwon, a former Director of defunct NPFL side, MFN.
The Committee members have been invited to the 2023/24 NPFL season draws holding in Lagos on August 17.
More Stories
SPORTS: SPAIN SHUTS DOWN ILLEGAL FOOTBALL STREAMING PLATFORM
Spanish authorities said Friday they had shut down the country’s biggest illegal streaming platform Cristal Azul, which had been offering...
PUBLIC ALERT: FRAUDULENT CLAIMS ABOUT DIASPORA MORTGAGE PRE-FINANCING SCHEME
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has issued a public disclaimer regarding misleading information circulating about the Diaspora Mortgage...
MAN BAGS LIFE JAIL TERM OVER RAPE OF 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A High Court of the Capital Territory, FCT, has convicted and sentenced one Laminu Ahmed, 36, to life imprisonment for...
CWCL: OKPEBHOLO URGES EDO QUEENS TO RETURN HOME WITH THE TROPHY
The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Friday urged the Edo Queens FC of Benin, representing Nigeria in the ongoing...
ENTERTAINMENT: COMEDIAN CONAN O’BRIEN TO HOST OSCARS
Comedian Conan O’Brien, a former late-night television host, will be the emcee for the Oscars for the first time, taking...
ONDO DECIDES: TINUBU CALLS FOR PEACE DURING ELECTION, COMMENDS INEC’S PREPAREDNESS
President Bola Tinubu has called for a violence-free governorship election in Ondo State and commended the Independent National Electoral Commission...