LMC Introduces Rights Document For NPFL Players

The League Management Company (LMC) has said that plans were underway to introduce a rights document for players in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
The LMC Chairman, Nduka Irabor disclosed this at a pre-season workshop organised for club chairmen and media officers in Abuja on Monday.
He said the document, known as “Know your rights and obligations’’ would help the players to know what their rights are during the period of their contracts with their clubs.
Irabor said time had come when players should know their rights without the help of lawyers or their agents.
“We have commissioned some lawyers to draw up a charter for the players. It is known as ‘Know your rights and obligations’.
“It is a guide for players in the league. We want to let other lawyers as well as clubs to have a look at it before we can circulate it,” the LMC chairman said.
He however said the introduction of the document was not to create division among players and their clubs but to bring about justice and fairness.
“It is not that we want to turn the players into labour unionists. We just want everybody to have a fair treatment for them to give their best.
“I know there are players’ unions and I know there are issues of whether football agents should be allowed or not.
“But this is intended towards solving these issues,” Irabor added.
The workshop is part of the pre-season lectures organised for clubs by the LMC.
The workshops were organised for referees and match commissioners, as well as the medical personnel of the 20 NPFL clubs.
The seminars were geared towards putting the clubs on a sound footing in readiness for the commencement of the 2013/2014 league season expected to kick off on February 21.
Meanwhile, the Super Four Pre-season tournament ended yesterday in Abuja with the 2013 regular season runners-up, Enyimba International of Aba emerging winners with an impeccable record.
The Peoples Elephant as they are fondly called pipped Kano Pillars 1-0 in the last match to top the chart with nine points from three matches, six goals scored in three matches and none conceded.
Warri Wolves finished as runners up with six points after edging Bayelsa United 2-1 yesterday.
The tournament was for the top four finishers in the 2013 Glo League, Kano pillars, Enyimba, Bayelsa United and Warri olves.