LMC Drops Giwa FC and Nembe City FC As Glo Premier League Kickks Off

The League Management Company, LMC, has certified eighteen Clubs as fit to participate in the 2013/14 Glo Premier League.

Fixtures involving Giwa FC and Nembe City FC have been dropped from the schedule as both teams failed to substantially comply with the minimum registration requirements.

The decision was announced yesterday by the LMC through the Chief Operating Officer, Salihu Abubakar, confirmed that the other eighteen Clubs substantially met the requirements and received provisional approvals to compete in the league.

Since the deadline for submission of registration form closed 48 hours ago, we have been scrutinizing the registration materials returned by the Clubs and can now state that Nembe City and Giwa FC are in substantial default of the minimum requirements to participate in the Glo Premier League this season. They have consequently been withdrawn from the fixture and all matches involving both Clubs are cancelled.

The LMC insists that the registration requirements are based on licensing principles that promotes the development of the league for the benefit of the Clubs.

He stressed that the first step towards bringing the Clubs to meet the conditions prescribed in the Nigeria Football Association Club Licensing Regulation which recently came into force.