By Taofeek
Babalola
Chairmen and
General Managers of clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)
have pledged to be proactive in dealing with fans who are involved in violent
acts at the stadium by apprehending the fans and handing them over to law
enforcement agents for prosecution.
The promised
was made at the midseason review session which was convened by the League Management
Company (LMC) at its office in Abuja on Monday ahead the start of the second
stanza of the 2016/17 season on Sunday, May 21.

One of the
far reaching decisions adopted at the session was a proposal by clubs that
fines imposed on any club for rules breaches must be paid within ten working
days failure of which all other matches of the club after the deadline would be
forfeited to their opponents.
The LMC accepted the proposal which now replaces
the previous process that deducts the total fine from the club earnings at the
end of the season.

He expressed the clubs’ resolve to ensure that such incidences that
tend to mar otherwise exciting matches are reduced if not eliminated.

The LMC
Chairman, Shehu Dikko, in his remarks harped on the need to curb the growing
fans’ restiveness at match venues and challenged the Club Administrators to
lead the campaign for peaceful atmosphere at match venues. He recalled that the
LMC had made it mandatory for the host club chairman and the visiting
counterpart sit together in the box.
“When we
mandated the club leaderships to sit together at matches, the reasoning was
that when both leaders are seen in such friendly stance, tension will be
reduced amongst their supporters.
“These fans
read your body language and when a club chairman reacts negatively to a
Referees’ decision, the wrong signal has been sent to the supporters hence I
urge you to eschew display of emotions while watching matches. It is your
responsibility to lead this campaign for friendly atmosphere at matches”,
charged Dikko.
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