Chairman, Interim Management Committee IMC), Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye has said the days of owing referees indemnity forcing them to rely on the home teams to foot the bills are over.
The former Chairman of National Sports Commission added that the body has secured sponsor for payment of the referee Indemnities for the next three years.
He revealed this at the colourful draw ceremony held inside the press conference hall of the Sandralia Hotel, where the 20 NPFL teams were calibrated into two different groups for the purpose of the abridged League season, already approved by the NFF.
"IMC has secured a sponsor to foot the indemnities of match officials for the next three years, with the payments to be done directly from the company to the appointed match officials." Elegbeleye told journalists in Abuja as reported by BSNSport.
He added, “We are committed to eradicating the malaise of indebtedness to match officials, which compromises them and lowers their morale to do the right thing.
“The IMC has also increased the winner’s prize for the season to the sum of N100 Million, which is a hundred percent increase on what was in place previously.”
Dare Ogun