Sports Commission backs Premier League over sponsorship deal
The Nigerian
Premier League had a breakthrough yesterday when an adjudication panel
set up by the National Sports Commission, gave it the all clear to
proceed with MTN as new title sponsors.
Last week, the league organising body announced telecommunications company MTN as its new sponsors on a four-year deal.
Barely twenty four hours later, rival bidders Glo launched a protest, claiming the bidding process was not transparent.
The NFF also weighed in, berating the NPL for ‘not following established protocol’.
On Tuesday, the NSC called all the parties and then set up a committee comprising of 10 lawyers to evaluate the process.
After over 15 hours
of deliberation, the panel not only ruled that the NPL had been fair to
all parties involved in the process, but commended them for doing what
it called ‘a professional job’.
And on Wednesday, after briefing the Nigeria Football Federation
President, Aminu Maigari, the NPL was given the go ahead to do business
with the new sponsors.
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