A pre-season workshop for clubs
The Nigeria Premier
League has announced that it will be organising a pre-season workshop
for League teams. The workshop will run through September 22 – 24 at
the National Stadium in Abuja.
According to Tunji
Babalola, the Acting Executive Secretary of the league body, the
workshop is meant to address the knotty issue of players’ health and
nutrition and it also relates to Insurance.
“The workshop is meant for Team Managers, Captains and Doctors of all the 20 Premier League clubs.
“This will surely
broaden their knowledge in the particular fields of health Insurance
and player’s nutrition and we know that when the new season eventually
kicks off, all the participants will put into use what they have learnt.
“We are committed
to the welfare of our players and officials and this workshop will set
the tone for what will happen when the season kicks off,” Babalola said.
The Nigeria Premier
League is scheduled to begin on September 25 with the game involving
Federation Cup champions’ Kaduna United and the last season’s runner up
Kano Pillars.
Some reports however suggest that the start date might be shifted as
the League board is yet to get a new sponsor to take over the running
of the League. Former sponsor, Globacom, is reportedly no longer keen
to sponsor the league.
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