Following strong reports that the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) 2019/2020 may be concluded with a Super 6 play off in Benin when Federal Government finally allows sporting activities to continue, six teams, namely Plateau United, Enyimba, Rivers United, Lobi Stars are set to participate as there is no official confirmation on this format to conclude the topflight domestic league from the League Management Company (LMC).
Rangers and Kano Pillars joins the other four teams listed above beleived to have been selected for the Super 6 based on the points-per- game calculation system as It was the same system that was adopted in France, Scotland and all other places around the world where their leagues have either been cancelled or slated for similar play offs.
The winner and the runner up of the Super 6 will represent the country in next CAF Champions League while Kano Pillars and Niger Tornadoes are reported to have been selected to repeat their continental tickets of representing Nigeria in the Confederation Cup.
Former Chairman of Lagos-based MFM FC, Godwin Enakhena also spoke about this play off in Benin to complete the season during his sports programme on Top Radio FM.
Chairman of the LMC, Shehu Dikko who was guest on Channel Television sports programme on Monday did not speak on which of the four options available to the league organizers to conclude the season as he emphatically disclosed that the lower division league, including the Women’s topflight, may have to wait till later in the year to restart afresh.
“We have been in discussion with the NFF and every body involved. We have looked at possibility of what is going to happen to all those (lower) leagues based on this (Covid-19) circumstances as you can see that even most of the developed countries are more focused on finishing the elite leagues because of the finances involved”.
“May be at the end of the day the decision will be whether to have a fresh start (of the lower leagues) and see if they can move ahead to the next season based on circumstances on ground, pending when the country will be opened up. That is our conversation which is on the table of the NFF to be decided by the federation”, Dikko revealed.
