LMC KICKS OF UNDER 15 FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN NIGERIA

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs will from next season raise youth teams for players aged 15 years and below to compete in the new NPFL Youth League even as the League Management Company (LMC) declared a surplus/savings of N483 million in its operations for the 2015/16 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season.

This was approved during the submission of the financial report by the Chairman of the LMC, Shehu Dikko and accepted with commendations at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the LMC held in Enugu on Sunday, December 11.The meeting approved LMC proposal to start a Youth League Competition for U-15 among NPFL participating clubs in association with La Liga in furtherance of the partnership agreement between the two leagues. The league would be fashioned after the ‘La Liga Promisas’ with La Liga serving as technical partners