Strategic partners to the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), GTI Asset Management and Trust Limited, have affirmed that Nigerian football has the potential to become one of the best in the world if given the enabling environment to thrive.
Assuring investors and football stakeholders that they are committed to laying a strong foundation and transparent football ecosystem in the country, using The Nigeria Football Fund (TNFF) as the vehicle, Head of Media and Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, revealed that GTI is committing material and financial resources to ensure that the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) enjoy robust financial support to become self-sustaining with necessary measures to ensure transparency in all its dealings with investors, sponsors, and other partners.
He said: “The NPFL is currently enjoying a lot of publicity from the media that has been at the forefront of the enlightenment campaign.
“We are also aware that expectations are very high, that is why we hit the ground running using the current abridged league as a test case and ensuring that we put in all the necessary security measures to uphold transparency. For example, indemnities of match officials and other critical stakeholders connected to the league are being administered seamlessly, using international best practices as our guide.
“As a company, we are strongly committed to a very transparent football ecosystem, which is the best way to restore confidence in our sponsors and investors. No wonder that is why many investors are keying into the TNFF project and stakeholders of football in Nigeria are also embracing GTI’s strategy of taking our beautiful game to the next level.”
“NPFL is an asset that belongs to Nigerians and the effort of GTI at this stage is to encourage more Nigerians to become unit holders as early as possible before foreign investors will mop up the remaining units of the N5.0 billion that is expected to be raised through the funds. We will always make our yearly reports available at the end of every year to our stakeholders.
The TNFF investors are poised to enjoy their Returns on Investments without any administrative bottleneck.”
He disclosed that TNFF is discussing with some notable sponsors to support the league because of the recent positive developments recorded so far, adding, “in this regard, it is essential that due process is followed and GTI has assured them of its determination to reposition NPFL with great honesty, transparency, and accountability, which is the watchword of our company as a renowned financial institution.”
