NPL Target Sponsor For 2012/2013

The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) has restated its resolve to have a viable title sponsor in place before the commencement of the 2012/2013 football season.

Tunji Babalola, the NPL’s Acting Executive Secretary, said this in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.

He assured proprietors of clubs featuring in the NPL that the issue of sponsorship for the body’s programme would soon be a thing of the past.

“When the league gets a sponsor, clubs’ managers would have no excuse to deny or delay players and their officials their remuneration as and when due.

“We know we have lots of work to do; the most important of all is to ensure that we get a sponsor before the commencement of the next season for a better league.

“The NPL board is aware of its responsibilities to clubs, one of which is to provide funds; we can only do this when we have a credible sponsor that will fund the league,’’ Babalola said.

The secretary warned that once the issue of a sponsor for the league had been settled, clubs should have no excuse not to pay players their remuneration.

“Immediately the league gets a sponsor, all clubs that fail to pay players and their officials salaries will be sanctioned appropriately.