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NPFL matchday 30 fixtures rescheduled amidst internal wrangling

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The board of the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has rescheduled the Match Day 30 fixtures billed to be held this weekend across the country.

This was contained in a memo addressed to the clubs by the Chief Operating Officer of the league, Davidson Owumi.

The decision to reschedule the matches comes amidst reports of internal wrangling among club owners over financial issues.

According to Prime Sports reporter Mmenyeneabasi Akpan via his Facebook handle, the Nigeria Premier Football League club owners are leading the boycott of the NPFL Matchday 30 this weekend.

Their grievances stems from the NPFL board lack of transparency in the 5.03 billion five year broadcasting deal they signed with Startimes.

They are insisting on seeing the contract paper before playing Matchday 30, the NPFL board are also playing hardball after series of meetings yesterday.

Majority of the Club owners feel shortchanged by the league body as they’ve only received 10 million Naira this season from the league board.

Some key leaders of the Club owners are thorn between this boycott because of their loyalties to the Nigeria Football Federation.