IMC, the organisers of the 2023/2024 season of the Nigerian Premier League has announced the postment of the season to September 8-10, 2023.
August 26 was initially scheduled as the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, kickoff date for the 2023/24 season but it has now been postponed.
A release by the organisers stated that it extended the resumption date of the new football season by two weeks.
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IMC explained that the postponement was to give room for proper preparation for a full season since it won’t be played in an abridged format.
Recall that the committee proposed that the new season be held just like the just concluded season before club owners overturned the idea.
Organisers also disclosed that the newly launched NPFL live app which was commissioned last week has not been fully utilised and tested across the selected stadia.
It added that there is a clash of match schedules from the four Nigerian teams who are taking part in the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup as they begin their preliminary stage later this weekend. headtopics.
The draw ceremony for the new season will however hold in Lagos this Thursday.
