The board of BET9JA Nigeria National League on Wednesday postponed the much awaited draw in the 2019 Annual General Meeting , AGM held in Abuja.
Sports247.ng reliably gathers that the Club Owners had a fruitful deliberation but the decision to suspend the draw left a sour taste to the stakeholders.
It would be recalled that the first AGM earlier scheduled suffered postponements prior to its eventual hosting; but two events have come out prominent in the meeting.
The noticeable suspicion yesterday was the omission of Bet9ja logo that was conspicuously missing in the NNL AGM banner both outside the hotel gates and inside the hall, venue of the meeting.
As expected, the news went viral that Bet9ja has withdrawn its sponsorship relationship deal with the Nigeria’s second tier League and thus follow several reactions from Sports loving Nigerians.
Information gathers by sports247.ng also suggests that Bet9ja triggered their exit botton out of the contract citing “contractual infidelity“ on the part of the NNL and thus leads the board in the state of nature.
Another issue was the resignation of former NNL Chief Executive Officer during controversial Super 8 saga, CEO, Bukola Olopade, who was alleged to have played a prominent role in bringing Bet9ja to the Most Important League was another factor.
Former Commissioner of Sports in Ogun State , Bukola Olopade triggered his resignation last year December following NFF’s jettisoning of the NNL’s idea of promoting eight teams to the top flight Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) last season.
sports247.ng also informs that fallout is the postponement of the draw for the 2018/19 season, due to the fact that some clubs have not finished their registration formalities.
The AGM took the decision to shift the draw date after only 18 clubs have submitted their registration as it was discovered that some of the forms submitted had errors, hence the affected teams were asked to effect the necessary corrections.
Where is NNL going as a total of 42 clubs are expected to take part in the league this season against 40 registered last season with the draw scheduled to hold on Monday, March 25.
