Enyimba, Remo Stars to Kick off NPL Super 6 Playoffs Today in Lagos
Expresses displeasure at snubbing NPFL players for Nigeria-G’Bissau encounter
Draw ceremony of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Championship Super 6 Playoffs pitted eight-time former champions Enyimba FC of Aba against Remo Stars of Ikenne in the opening game at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos today. Before the draw ceremony, league organisers, the Interim Management Committee (IMC) unveiled a new logo for the first tier of the Nigeria club football.
It marked a total break with the previous NPFL under the now sacked League Management Company (LMC).
The Super Six Playoff scheduled to begin today will end on June 11 with the winner going home with a N100million pay cheque.
All the clubs to participate in the Super 6 were represented at the brief by impressive ceremony which held at the corporate headquarters of the GTI Asset Management and Trust Limited who are strategic partners of the NPL.
In the second game of the opening day, Sunshine Stars of Akure were paired with defending champions Rivers United of Port Harcourt.
Unbeaten Bendel Insurance are to stake their invincibility against Lobi Stars in the last game of the day in what promises to be a bruising battle.
Earlier at the ceremony, IMC Chairman, Gbenga Elegbeleye, commended GTI for the company’s commitment to laying a strong foundation and transparent football ecosystem in the country using The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) as the vehicle in achieving this laudable dream.
Elegbeleye revealed that the NPL Championship Playoffs will see the best of Nigerian league football on display as the six teams will trade tackles in a round-robin format.
Complimenting Elegbeleye’s statement, the GMD of GTI Group, Abubakar Lawal, affirmed that the company was employing every best international practice to give Nigerian football a desirable breakthrough.
“GTI is committing lots of material and financial resources towards ensuring that the NPL enjoys robust financial support in order to become self-sustaining.