The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) will go on a three-week break after Match Day 10 scheduled for May 20.
Shehu Dikko, chairman of the League Management Company (LMC), said the break period would be used amongst other things to carry out spot checks on clubs’ compliance with the Nigeria Football Federation’s clubs certification regulations.
The break will also allow clubs managers’ time to engage meaningfully with the new political structure in their respective states.
“You may wish to recall that we started the league with blanket provisional waiver to the clubs to allow them comply with all registration requirements before Match Day 9 when a review will be conducted by the LMC,” Dikko said.
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“The break period is also a time to revisit club stadium facilities to remedy observed defects as the clubs have so far operated with provisional certificates.”
The League will now resume June 14 with games of Match Day 11 originally scheduled for Sunday, May 24, 2015.
However, the break will not affect the date on which the final games of the season will be played, which is still November 15 as originally scheduled.
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But the midseason break for the second transfer window will now start on July 19 as against the initial July 10.
The second round games will commence on August 2 with Match Day 20.
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