The interim management company has secure a grand sponsorship deal ahead of the new npfl season January 8th resumption.
According to Mr. Abubakar Lawal, the GMD of GTI Group, this deal will encompass title sponsorship, broadcast rights, indemnification for match officials, infrastructure development, properties, and the establishment of independence from government sponsorship for the 20 premier league clubs.
Speaking at the unveiling, “We expect that between now and the first three years of this deal, the Nigerian domestic league should have players in the NPFL earning about N1million at least as salary,” the GMD said.
“It’s going to be massive, it’s pure business, and the clubs will stand to benefit a lot that will make them to stop being government-sponsored clubs again.
“This is because there will be so much money to go round for the clubs.”
“We will secure title sponsors for the league, and will also attract money for the league from other sponsors ”
“At the end of the 2022/23 league season, all the 20 premier league clubs will take 45 percent profit from the sponsorship money,” Lawal disclosed.
He declared that the NPFL has moved its headquarters to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is now affiliated with TNFF, freeing it from the control of any single person or group.
