The West African nation is the latest country to
suspend football competitions amid the
coronavirus outbreak All professional football activities in Nigeria has been postponed until April 15 due to the
coronavirus pandemic. The Nigeria Football Federation [NFF] announced
the decision following an executive order from its
president Amaju Pinnick on Wednesday. It comes after the number of confirmed cases of
coronavirus in the country reached eight, with five
tested positive on Wednesday.
An NFF statement on Wednesday said all matches
under their control would be suspended in the
next four weeks. These include the Nigeria Professional Football
League, Nigeria Women's Football Leagues, the
Nigeria National League and Nigeria Nationwide
League and regional divisions. The development is coming a few hours after the
Nigeria top-flight Week 25 fixtures were played
across 10 centres on Wednesday. "The Nigeria Football Federation has announced
the cessation of all forms of football activities in the
country for the next four weeks, as a result of the
global coronavirus pandemic," NFF spokesman
Ademola Olajire said in a statement.
"According to the country’s supreme football- governing body, the shutdown affects all on-field
activities the various national teams, the Nigeria
Professional Football League, the other Leagues,
youth football programmes and even street
football.
"President of the NFF, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick said the cessation will be for four weeks after which the
situation will be reviewed in line with events and
trends worldwide.
"He also advised all members of the football family
to observe the various safety precautions and
conduct as advised by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, such as
hand-washing, the use of sanitizers and social
distancing.

Good move. It's a bit too late though but at all at all na I'm bad pass

Uncle Corona on the beat

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