{"id":216744,"date":"2022-09-16T06:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T05:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=216744"},"modified":"2022-09-16T06:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T05:14:13","slug":"sports-minister-dare-says-nigerian-football-league-in-utter-disarray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/09\/16\/sports-minister-dare-says-nigerian-football-league-in-utter-disarray\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports minister, Dare says Nigerian football league in utter disarray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday Dare, the minister of youth and sports development, says the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is in comatose.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Thursday during the ministerial briefing at the presidential villa, Abuja, the minister said the league is currently on death bed. <\/p>\n<p>He also disclosed that coaches, players and referees are owed salaries and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>The comment came after the Abuja office of the League Management Company (LMC) was sealed up earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government recently announced the dissolution of the LMC as the recognised operator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/npfl-ogunbote-takes-charge-at-3sc\/\">NPFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the dissolution of the LMC was delayed in a bid to find a solution despite receiving the approval since May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cBetween May and August, we did not issue a directive because we wanted the Premier League to complete its season without any disruption. 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