The 2013/14 Nigeria National League
(NNL) season will no longer kick off this Saturday as scheduled.
NNL chairman, Emeka Inyama, explained
to Naijaligue.blogspot.com on Thursday that the 2013/14 season will now kick
off on February 15 owing to sudden adjustment in logistics.
"Yes it is true that the league
will now kick off on February 15," responded Inyama when Naijaligue.blogspot.com
made enquiry. "We had to shift the start date due to the inability to
secure fund early for indemnities (for match officials)."
He further explained that the NNL
approached the apex football body, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for
fund which will not be available in time before the kick-off date.
Inyama said: "After we approached
the NFF for fund to offset the indemnities they made it clear that the money
won't be available at a very short notice. So we had to shift by three weeks in
order not to burden the participating clubs with issues of (paying) indemnities
and allow us time.
"It's only logical for the shift
than burden the club with this. Moreover we don't intend to run the league by
giving (host) clubs undue advantage."
The 16 matches earlier slated for this
weekend in the National League Divisions A and B are now off.
The shift in kick-off date for the NNL
will now mean a re-adjustment in the 2013/14 calendar, which was earlier billed
to end on June 11 this year.
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