Clubs Task Minister On Polls

Clubs in the Nigeria
National League, women’s league as well as the Nationwide League One have urged the country’s sports minister to ensure elections are held for the various leagues before competitions will start.
Both the NNL and the women’s league are scheduled to begin next month, but a member of the influential women’s football league forum, Nuhu Audu, has tasked sports minister Solomon Dalung to make sure elections into the various leagues are conducted before the leagues will commence.
“The various leagues will not start before elections to their various management boards are held. We have pleaded with the sports minister to ensure that be the case,” said Audu, who is the chairman of Nasarawa Amazons.
His declaration comes on the wake of a stern warning by the Nationwide League One secretariat that clubs now have until February 26 to register for the new season or risk losing their places in the third-tier competition.
A majority of amateur clubs have ignored an earlier deadline to register, insisting they wish to be presented with audited accounts of the NLO for the past four years.
They have equally protested against hiked registration fees for the new season.
They have also questioned the credibility of the interim leadership of the league.