By Taofeek Babalola
The League Management Company (LMC) and the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs will hold virtual meetings from Wednesday, September 10 to 18 to assist the clubs on how to carry out documentation for their respective licensing applications.
LMC had on
Monday invited participating clubs to submit their licensing application which
is a compulsory requirement for all clubs intending to participate in the
2020/21 NPFL season in line with the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Licensing regulations/conditions.
Licensing
criteria will cover Financial, Legal, Administrative, Infrastructure,
Commercial, Health and safety, Personnel, among others.
The Clubs
are expected to as from September 18th begin submission of licensing
applications with supporting document while spot checking of the clubs by the
First Instant Body (FIB) under the jurisdictions of the LMC, to verify
submissions made holds from September 21-26.
According to
the action plan, a meeting of the FIB has been scheduled for September 30 with
the outcome of its decisions released on October 2 while clubs that may not be
satisfied with any decisions of the FIB are to file appeals not later than
October 7.
The Appeals
Body (AB) under the jurisdictions of the NFF is to meet on October 12 to rule
of possible appeals that may be filed and release the decisions on October 14.
The Final decisions will be communicated to CAF by October 16 in line with CAF
regulations.
Chairman of
LMC, Shehu Dikko, who is also a member of the CAF Organising Committee for
Inter-Clubs Competitions and Clubs Licensing Management, enjoined the clubs to
take advantage of the week long virtual meetings to prepare all necessary
documentation to qualify for licensing.
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