Due to a time constraint, the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, Club Owners have unanimously decided to shorten the 2022–2023 football season.

The proposal for the condensed league will be sent to the interim management committee for consideration as soon as the committee is established by the Nigeria Football Federation, according to a team owner who requested anonymity.

According to him, the club owners also concurred that the IMC, which was established by Sunday Dare, the minister of sports, and is led by Gbenga Elegbeleye, a former director-general of the National Sports Commission, NSC, will last for a season.

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“We have looked at various options and the best option available to us now is to play abridge league to end the season on time.

“Playing full season with the time lost will not help our players who may be going for trials in Europe. Our league need proper restructuring.

“Can you imagine countries like Ethiopia, Zambia , Kenya , South Africa have their league running without interruption and shown live on DSTV and other television stations.

“Our league is not experiencing the best of time in terms of sponsorship, huge debts for match officials and staff of scrapped LMC.

“If we must get it the NPFL Board must be put in place and substantive board with chairman elected,” .