Clubs in the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) which are discovered to be in debt to players or club officials run the danger of having their registration for the 2023–24 season cancelled.

In a memo titled “Re-Financial Requirements of Club Licensing Regulation”, the Chief Operating Officer of the NPL Board, Davidson Owumi reminded the respective leadership of the 20 clubs of an earlier memo on the subject and declared that provisions of the Club Licensing Regulations would be applied henceforth.

“Refer to previous communications on the above subject and note that the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) would enforce the existing provisions of the Financial Requirements of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as it relates to all due payables to players and Club Officials,” the memo dated August 23 said in part.

“It has become necessary to remind all clubs that registration for the season will only be completed on provision of satisfactory evidence of compliance, particularly in cases of reported indebtedness to former and serving players and Officials”.

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Owumi added that the action is being implemented to make sure that any disputes involving club debts to players and officials are settled.

The communication also asked Clubs to approach the NPFL Registration schedule officers with proof of compliance and/or letters of mutual consent settlements after having their cases decided by the NFF Arbitration panel.

The League issued a warning to Clubs with confirmed cases of indebtedness that they would not be allowed to register new players in accordance with the guidelines of the Club Licencing Regulations.

You may remember that several players who felt wronged had some teams’ vehicles impounded for unpaid financial entitlements.