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  • Mar, Sat, 2020
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Niger FA awaits formal directives from NFF on medical facilities and personnel requirements at match venues

Health

By Obinna Unaeze

Minna, March 14, 2020 (NAN) The Niger State Football Association (FA) Vice-Chairman, Baba Yabagi, on Saturday said the FA was waiting for written directives from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on provision of medical facilities and personnel.

Yabagi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that such formal directives would enable the Niger FA act accordingly.

“We heard in the news that the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, and the NFF gave directives to state FAs on medical facilities and personnel.

NAN reports that the directive was for host FAs and home clubs to ensure necessary medical facilities and personnel as provided in the NFF Club Licensing Regulations were in place before matches.

They are to put these in place before the 2019/2020 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matches can go on henceforth.

`Right now we cannot act on what we heard from the news. We have to wait for a written directive from the NFF on what we are supposed to do and how to go about it before we act,” Yabagi said.

He said however that the state FA had before now sensitised match officials and players to the need to be fit and healthy before and during matches.

The Niger FA vice-chairman said medical personnel were always deployed to the state-owned Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium in Minna during matches.

“The medical facilities available in the stadium during matches include medical room with essential drugs, other health consumables and ambulance.’’

He also said the General Hospital and Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialist Hospital, both in Minna, were always put on notice during matches in case of critical health issues.(NAN)

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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)

Sport

NPFL: League Management Company suspends usage of 4 stadiums for 2 weeks

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Stadiums
Abuja, Feb. 17, 2018 (NAN) The League Management Company (LMC), organisers of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), have suspended four stadiums from hosting their matches for two weeks due to their poor pitches.

In a series of tweets on its official handle (@LMCNPFL, the company said it had to bring the hammer down on the stadiums pending when they would be certified.

The stadiums affected are the Umuahia Township Stadium, the August 27 Stadium in Damaturu, the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri and the Confluence Stadium in Lokoja.

This means Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia, Yobe Desert Stars FC of Damaturu, Heartland FC of Owerri and Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna now have to seek alternative home grounds.

These four clubs play their home matches in the league and other competitions on these grounds, which are in their home bases, with the exception of the Minna-based Niger Tornadoes.

Niger Tornadoes’ real home ground of Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium in Minna has been under reconstruction for more than two years now.

The LMC advised Abia Warriors FC, who play their home matches at the Umuahia Stadium, to seek an alternative home turf while work was carried out on the playing turf.

The stadium has been deemed incapable of hosting top-flight games.

Also, Niger Tornadoes and Heartland FC must now seek another ground as regrassing works are being carried out to improve the playing pitches of their home grounds.

LMC stated that all the clubs have been advised not to allow any activity on the surfaces at the various stadiums as maintenance work was being carried out.

According to the LMC, “all suspensions are for a period of two weeks and this commences from Match Day 10’’.

It added that its assessors would visit the affected stadiums after the two-week period to ascertain the readiness of the playing surfaces in lieu of resumption of matches there.(NAN)
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(Edited by Olawale Alabi)