Executive Director GTI Asset Management and Trust
Limited, Nelson Ine has called on corporate sponsors and investors to jump into
investing in the domestic football league, Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL).
Ine maintained that it’s the only way to address the
problems in the local football scene to achieve desired growth and development
and also stem the imminent dearth of professional sports in the country
occasioned by the lack of private investments.
According to him, the best era in Nigerian football
were during the days of Leventis United, Abiola Babes, New Nigerian Bank,
Africa Continental Bank, Iwuanyanwu Nationale etc, insisting that government
however needs to formulate a policy framework that attracts incentives to
companies that invests a certain amount of money in sports.
“Corporate investors and sponsors really needs to come
into the NPFL as a matter of fact.
“It’s the only way the league can grow and all of the
problems associated with it today become a thing in the past.
“But government must have to formulate a policy where
companies that makes a certain amount of investment in sports get tax rebate to
encourage and drive more investments in the sports sector.
“You can imagine when all professional football clubs
in Nigeria have five tier academy structures how many jobs would be created and
how many youths would be absorbed and taking off the streets?
“Professional sports is fast dying in Nigeria relevant
stakeholders must act quickly to save it”, Ine concluded.
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