NPFL 2023/24 Season Postponed Again
The kickoff date for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) 2023/2024 campaign has been postponed yet again. Before the September date, the campaign was set to start on August 26.
NPFL Board announced the postponement in a statement on Wednesday. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the NPFL, Davidson Owumi, made the move after consultations with stakeholders.
We have everything set for the kickoff in Ibadan on Saturday but following representations from multiple stakeholders and more cogent is the complex logistics involved in having our Chairman and Clubs leadership travel from Ibadan to Uyo, Owumi said.
Note therefore that there will be no flag-off game this Saturday, September 9 as originally planned, the statement added.
According to him, the move has been communicated to clubs who may have started arrangements for the start of the NPFL season earlier billed for September 9.
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Shooting Stars and Plateau United were earlier expected to clash in the opening fixture this weekend.
Former champions Plateau United had to cut short their trip to honour the opening fixture of the 2023/24 Nigeria Professional Football League against Shooting Stars in Ibadan, following the postponement of the new season again by the league board on Wednesday.
Plateau United were scheduled to face Shooting Stars on Saturday, September 9 in the league’s curtain raiser, and sources within the club said that the team had reached Abuja when they got the information and had to make their way back to Jos.
