Do you know that we have a national emergency situation in Nigerian football?Do you know that the situation is so precarious that the security of the entire country could be jeopardized?Can’t people see what I see from my little observatory...
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The Nigerian Professional Football League - an unworkable project?
Professional football is big business everywhere - except in Nigeria!
After 36 years of operating different versions of it in Nigeria, by 2026, the picture of the league is very bleak - there is no main sponsor; most clubs don’t own their own stadium; accusation of corruption and hooliganism fill the air; there is no proper licensing and no TV coverage; most teams still travel to the distant places in Nigeria by road (with all the attendant security risks); and so on.
The league is a one-way financial drain-pipe for every stakeholder, with players that may be amongst the least-paid in the world.
The 2025/2026 Professional football league ends next weekend.
To do a forensic audit of the league, and point a new direction into the future, Andrew Ekejiuba, head of media and publicity of GTI, the Nigerian Professional Football League partners, joins me for ‘breakfast’ on ‘90 mins with Mathematical’.
It promises to take listeners/viewers on a journey of a league of hope or of hopelessness? Why has the league not been able to take off from the tarmac of ‘failure’ for over 3 decades?
Find out tomorrow, Saturday, May 16, 2026, on Eagle7 Sports Radio 103.7 FM, Abeokuta from 7:30 in the morning. Tune in or just click from any other part of the world on eagle7fm.com/ when it is time and be connected.
Dr. Olusegun Odegbami MON, OLY, AFNIIA, FNIS, GS Ambassador.
Simply unmissable!
Professional football is big business everywhere - except in Nigeria!
After 36 years of operating different versions of it in Nigeria, by 2026, the picture of the league is very bleak - there is no main sponsor; most clubs don’t own their own stadium; accusation of corruption and hooliganism fill the air; there is no proper licensing and no TV coverage; most teams still travel to the distant places in Nigeria by road (with all the attendant security risks); and so on.
The league is a one-way financial drain-pipe for every stakeholder, with players that may be amongst the least-paid in the world.
The 2025/2026 Professional football league ends next weekend.
To do a forensic audit of the league, and point a new direction into the future, Andrew Ekejiuba, head of media and publicity of GTI, the Nigerian Professional Football League partners, joins me for ‘breakfast’ on ‘90 mins with Mathematical’.
It promises to take listeners/viewers on a journey of a league of hope or of hopelessness? Why has the league not been able to take off from the tarmac of ‘failure’ for over 3 decades?
Find out tomorrow, Saturday, May 16, 2026, on Eagle7 Sports Radio 103.7 FM, Abeokuta from 7:30 in the morning. Tune in or just click from any other part of the world on eagle7fm.com/ when it is time and be connected.
Dr. Olusegun Odegbami MON, OLY, AFNIIA, FNIS, GS Ambassador.
Simply unmissable!
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