The NWFL secretariat confirmed that the clubs have failed to
meet up with the directives on COVID-19 test for players and team officials.
“The NWFL do not want to take the risk with any of the clubs
going by the fresh wave of increased Covid-19 infections due to the new
variants of the deadly disease which have left more people dead in Nigeria than
before,” Chairperson of the NWFL, Aisha Falode said on Monday
“We are currently verifying and validating results sent in
by some of the 14 clubs not up to half of the clubs in the league.
“We are also going to verify the authenticity of the test
centres sent in by the clubs from the Federal Ministry of Health and the
relevant state’s Ministry of Health, going by the reports that some clubs are
going to unapproved centres to conduct the test.
“Tests from unapproved centres will be rejected after
verification and the clubs involved suspended from the league.
“The postponement of the league by one week is due to the
tasking process of collation and validation. Because of this, the board of the
NWFL found imperative to postpone the Week 5 matches to allow the Secretariat
to complete their job on the ongoing Covid-19 test on clubs concerned.”
Falode said that the board has given enough time to the
clubs to complete the test and send results with proof (pictures) from
government-approved test centres, to the Secretariat by mail and hard copies
(original) on or before Friday 15th January 2021.
Falode, who is also a board member of the Nigeria Football
Federation, declared that any club found wanting at the end of the exercise
will be suspended from the league indefinitely. And the NWFL may have to take
over the testing of all the clubs to avoid any of the clubs putting the league
into disrepute.
The postponed Week 5 matches will be played on Wednesday,
January 20, 2021
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