MTN Emerges NPL Sponsor

The Nigerian Premier League scored a major victory on Wednesday when an adjudication panel set up by the National Sports Commission, gave it the all clear signal to proceed with MTN as new title sponsors. 

Last week, the league organising body announced telecommunications company MTN as its new sponsors on a four-year deal.

Barely twenty four hours later, rival bidders Glo launched a protest, claiming the bidding process was not transparent.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), also weighed in, berating the NPL for ‘not following established protocol’.

On Tuesday, the NSC called all the parties and then set up a committee comprising of 10 lawyers to evaluate the process.

After over 15 hours of deliberation, the panel not only ruled that the NPL had been fair to all parties involved in the process, but commended them for doing what it called ‘a professional job’.

 And on Wednesday, after briefing NFF President Aminu Maigari, the NPL was given the go ahead to do business with the new sponsors.