The Chairman of the Bet9ja Nigeria National League,Chidi Ofor Okenwa assured Nigerians on Thursday that the Super 8 tournament which was delaying the commencement of the Nigeria Professional Football League would start soon.
He made this announcement while inaugurating the Nigeria Football Reforms Committee.The Super 8 is a tournament consisting of 8 teams from the second tier of Nigerian Football,NNL fighting for 4 slots to gain promotion into the Nigeria Professional Football League.
This is contrasting to the initial concept of many that all 8 teams would progress to the Nigeria Professional League with no team relegating into the third tier,Nigeria Nationwide League.
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In this Super 8 tournament,4 teams will fight for two slots in the southern conference in Lagos.While the remaining 4 will compete for the slots in the Northern Conference to be played in Kano.
The Nigeria Professional Football League which was originally slated for November this year was moved to December and then January.The League may be stopped again due to the 2019 General Elections holding in February.
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