NLO sends Choice FC from Youth League, hands two year ban on officials

With compliance with rules and regulations, the Nigeria Nationwide League One (NLO) has expelled Choice Football Club of Ado-Ekiti from the inaugural Youth League from immediate effect.

The swift action by the nation’s third-tier domestic football league came about after its Secretariat received the Coordinator and officials report from Akure Center of the on-going Nationwide Youth League.

A correspondence from the NLO Media Department cited the Center Coordinator and the match officials report, that Choice FC voluntarily withdrew from the ongoing league without any reason and notification.

The singular action has a series of negative impact on the integrity of the league and other participating clubs as well; thus, the Nationwide League One Secretariat hereby wishes to draw the attention of Choice FC to the implications as clearly stated in the NLO rules and regulations.

The NLO rule book states in article 2.06 (4), that No Club can withdraw after the commencement of the season. If a club withdraws; it shall be expelled from the competition and will not be eligible for readmission. All officials of such clubs shall be banned for (2) years.

Sequel to the above, Choice FC is hereby expelled from the Nationwide League One and all the Officials registered with Nationwide League One Secretariat are hereby banned for Two (2) Years from football activities.

This decision shall be communicated to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for Nationwide Ban and possibly to CAF and FIFA ban.

Sunshine Queens are ripe for Women Premier League's return - Otunba Ologunloluwa assures

 

Plans are in top gear to see Sunshine Queens make a swift return to the Nigeria Women Football League, NWFL Premiership at the forthcoming NWFL Championship playoffs. 

The second tier league of Nigerian Women's league will coming up in July with yet to be announced venue where clubs will be jostle for tickets to gain promotion to the elite women league in Nigeria. 

Ondo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Otunba Dele Ologunloluwa disclosed the plans for the Owena Queens on Wednesday in an exclusive interview monitored on popular WhatsApp platform called Family United by Football, FUBF. 

He noted that the government was not happy with the club's relegation the previous season but has provided needed incentives and logistics to make a swift return back to elite division. 

"Sunshine Queens are very ripe to play in the Championship, we are preparing them to make sure they triumph and get the ticket back to the Premier League where they belong. Its unfortunate they dropped to lower division last season but we won't allow that happen again," he said.

On the plan to discover more talents in other sports, the vibrant Sports Commissioner disclosed that the Ondo State Sports Festival will be coming anytime soon with the bill to have Ondo State Sports Trust Fund established almost sail through at the Legislative house. 

"One of the proposals I made to the State cabinet is to our own State Sports Festival and it was approved and will be coming up any moment from now.

"I believe doing that will help us to fish out more talents that are abound in the state especially in the grassroots.

"We are also harnessing talents from schools through their inter house sports, we sent our coaches there to identify them, monitor them and later bring them together for proper training," he said. 

Otunba Dele Ologunloluwa however reassured that the State would raise a strong Team Ondo that will be among the top five States in the next National Sports Festival just as he commended the sports stakeholders in the state for their supports on the successes achieved so far.

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