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League
By Kemi Ajayi
Lagos, Nov. 7, 2016 (NAN) Ex-international, Waidi Akanni, has commended the League Management Committee (LMC), for repositioning the Nigeria Professional Football Federation (NPFL) for better performance.
Akanni told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that one the things the regulatory body has done is put tough disciplinary measures in place, to address indiscipline among of clubs and players.
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“The NPL is doing well as far as I am concerned; we’ve seen a lot of changes in the aspect of punishment.
“Laws are made to deter, to make things change in everyday life.
“And I have seen that in the NPFL; that whenever teams and players err they always punish them and those are the things that will make the game change in Nigeria for better.’’
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Akanni, a former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, urged LMC not to relent in its effort to make the Nigerian professional league the focal point of African football.
NAN reports that Rangers International FC of Enugu emerged as the champions of the recently concluded NPFL 2015/2106 season.
The 2016/2017 season is expected to kick-off on a yet to be disclosed date in December. (NAN)
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Edited by Emmanuel Okara/ Lydia Beshel/Emmanuel Yashim
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