The
League Management Committee Chairman, Shehu Dikko, says the body is ready to
engage governors of state owned clubs on the benefits of investing in
infrastructure.
He said this would be done
shortly after the inauguration of the new administrations after May 29 handover
either individually with the governors or collectively through the Governors
Forum.
“We are working on creating
incentives that will encourage state governments to open up club ownership to
the fans and immediate communities,” the LMC chairman said.
Dikko said the LMC was also
looking forward to engaging the incoming government at the center towards
developing policies that would make football a huge revenue earner through
taxes that are derived from the business side of football.
He clarified that the three
week break that began after Match day 10 was consistent with the fixtures drawn
up at the start of the season.
“The fixtures were released
to clubs and it was made clear we will go on break after Match day 9 to enable
us to assess progress made by the clubs in terms of meeting registration
requirements as they were only granted provisional registration at the start of
the season.
“More fundamentally, it was
also an opportunity for the clubs to interface properly with the incoming or
re-elected political leadership of their owner states that have have in the
last few months been pre-occupied with election campaigns.”
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