Nigeria Professional Football League would go on as scheduled this
weekend.
In a statement by its Assistant Director, Communications, Ademola
Olajire, it urged all stakeholders to disregard a statement from the
League Management Company that the matches had been suspended.
The statement quoted the NFF Chairman, Chris Giwa, to have said in
Abuja on Thursday that: "It has come to our notice that the LMC has
been issuing notices to clubs in the Premier League that matches are
being suspended from this weekend.
"This is totally untrue. If the LMC received a notice from the Nigeria
Referees Association about a purported withdrawal of referees, the LMC
should have brought this to the notice of the NFF.
"It was not for it (the LMC) to take a decision to suspend the League
on its own."
It said Giwa expressed his unhappiness with the NRA for the threat to
withdraw referees from the Premier League, and said the NFF would not
take the matter lightly.
"As the owners of the League, the NFF is hereby making it clear that
Premier League matches have not been suspended. Matches scheduled for
this weekend will definitely take place," Giwa was quoted as saying.
The statement said the NFF has therefore called on all referees
appointed for the weekend matches to go for their matches.
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