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NLO will officially kick off on Wednesday May 3rd, across the 33 Stadium League venues drawn from the 6 geo-zones.
The Chief Operating Officer, Olushola Ogunnowo of Nigeria's third-tier league, the Nationwide League (NLO), has revealed that the league has given its clubs opportunities to grow.
NLO will officially kick off on Wednesday, May 3rd, across the 33 Stadium League venues drawn from the 6 geo-zones.
Over 400 teams and academics will battle for Nigeria's second-division league, the Nigeria National League (NNL), at the end of the season.
Clubs are benefiting from the enabling environment created - NLO
Ogunnowo said that clubs are benefiting from the enabling environment created by the league to develop and grow their clubs.
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He disclosed this during a press briefing at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere-Lagos.
He said, "Football should be the easiest to administer, why the headache once there is evidence that a Team, Player or Match Official is found wanting, the NLO does not waste time in handing out sanctions in that regard.
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"Clubs are reaping the benefits of the enabling environment we have created in NLO, with the different shirt sponsorship deals that have come their way. Recently Iganmu FC, Lekki United and a few others have informed the NLO of their shirt deals."
We are the biggest league in Africa - NLO
Pulse Sports reports that Ogunnowo said that the league is the biggest in Africa.
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He said, "The long journey that we started 10 years ago is about the yield multiple dividends. The NLO is the biggest league in Nigeria and indeed Africa, with 450 clubs. No country in the continent comes close to it.
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NLO will officially kick off on Wednesday May 3rd, across the 33 Stadium League venues drawn from the 6 geo-zones.
"We have clubs that have been existing for a very long time as community/grassroots teams."
The League will start on Wednesday, May 3rd, with the curtain raiser, a Kano Derby between Kano Pillars Jnr and Kwankwasiya FC at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.
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