NNL Clubs Vote No Promotion, No Relegation as League is Cancelled

Thirteen clubs in the Nigerian National League (NNL) yesterday afternoon voted against the plans of the some Club Owners to push for the promotion of the four top teams in each of the groups to NPFL using the PPG format.

The NNL club owners who met on Monday to present the proposal that would have seen the likes of 3SC of Ibadan, Crown of Ogbomosho, Kada Stars of Kaduna and Niger Tornadoes of Minna been promoted to the NPFL, met a brick on Tuesday as majority of the clubs voted against the proposal.

In the expanded virtual meeting which started at 12 noon on Tuesday to finally ratify the agenda of promoting of clubs to the elite division of the league, saw 13 clubs voting against the agenda, and insisted that no team should be promoted or relegated. 12 teams voted in favour of promotion of teams to the NPFL with only five match-days played before suspension of the season.

Four Clubs clubs had their votes cancelled for voting late against the stipulated time though sources at the meeting said they voted in favour of no promotion, no relegation.

Teams that voted against the promotion of teams to the elite division include; ABS of Ilorin, Delta United of Asaba (Kwara Stars), Zamfara United of Gusau, Giant Brillers of Enugu, Gombe United of Gombe, Sokoto United of Sokoto, J.Atete of Warri, Rovers of Calabar, Elkanemi Warriors of Maiduguri, Malumfasi of Malumfasi, DMD of Maiduguri, Kebbi United of Kebbi, and Dynamites FC of Warri.