NWFL Seeks Improvement Of Players’ Welfare

The Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL), has called on club managers to improve the welfare of their players.

The Secretary of the League, Danlami Alanana, told newsmen that the welfare of players should be paramount.

“The instrument of improving the league is in different forms; it can be in terms of referees, administration and the players themselves.

“The coach has to do his work as well as the technical crew; the clubs also have to do their work.

“I think in terms of allowances and other things, the clubs have to improve on that.

“You will find out that in most of the clubs, whenever some of these players are not paid, it tends to demoralise them.

“In a situation where you owe your players and such players have problems, it affects their performance on the field of play,’’ he said.

The secretary added that the current league board was committed to ensure that players’ welfare is treated as priority by club managers.

“The present league board is trying to ensure that once a team engages a player, whatever agreement has been signed must be respected.

“So that the player can be effective with and have the required level of determination.

“We are appealing to clubs to honour whatever pledges are made to the players in terms of sign-on fees or salaries; they should try as much as possible to pay up.

“Because, these players are human beings and as ladies, they need money to take care of themselves as well as those depending on them, since they have chosen football as their career.

“Let them enjoy their due just like all other professionals,’’ he said.