Nigeria National League Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Nera Hotel, Abuja on Saturday night and ended with a consensus that proposed the 8 teams which qualified for the NNL Super 8 are promoted to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).
The NNL Executive Body also agreed to cancel the 2018 Super 8 competition which was usually the way to determine teams that get promoted to the NPFL.
NPFL had held draws for the 2018/2019 league season in Asaba during the Super Cup without promoted teams from the NNL taking part in the event.
The proposal is expected to be submitted to the League Management Company (LMC) on Monday ahead of a meeting that will be called for all stakeholders to discuss the final outcome of the proposal.
If accepted, teams set for promotion to the NPFL are:
In Group A1, we have Gombe United, Gombe Real Stars FC, Kaduna, Group A2, Kada City FC, Kogi United,
Group B1, 3SC, Bendel Insurance FC, Group B2 Remo Stars FC, Delta Force FC, Delta.
…our success supercedes individual’s glory – Oshoala
Reigning African Women’s Footballer of The Year, Asisat Oshoala, insists the success of the Super Falcons team at the 2018 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations comes first ahead of all individuals’ personal ambitions.
Oshoala ended her two-game goal drouaght in style by netting a hat-trick for the Super Falcons who thrashed Equatorial Guinea 6-0 to set up a feisty encounter against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Oshoala reiterates that though she enjoys the accolades for scoring a hat trick after missing glaring chances in the team’s first two games.
“It is a very good feeling to get three points obviously that’s the most important thing. I’m also happy to be on the score sheet. I’ve been working so hard, so I think I deserve this and I’m grateful to my teammates for the work everyone put in and the determination even after losing the first game to South Africa,” Oshoala said during a post-match interview in Cape Coast Ghana.
“We didn’t give up, we spoke to ourselves and told ourselves we need to show that we are champions. I think we’ve actually improved so far and today was a great outing for us.
“This tournament is not about individual performance. For me, the most important thing is to get the World Cup ticket. I decided to be more of a team player because I care more about my team and nation than personal glory and individual accoalades.”
“I think with my experience, the team victory is more important and I’m happy with my self, my teammates and I think Nigerians are happy which is the most important thing.”
