Nigeria Football Federation, club owners and other stakeholders convened to decide on how best to end the ongoing season, which was put on hold due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement signed by the permanent secretary of the ministry of youths and sports, Mr Gabriel Aduda said following a visual meeting presided by the honourable.

'The minister had directed the NFF to come up with the best possible options to end the league, in the spirit of fair play and justice.

Minister on Monday, the ministry directed that an enlarged meeting of the stakeholders be convened to deliberate, agree and find a way forward and NFF should revert to the ministry. “Although the ministry was invited, it decided to exclude itself to enable the stakeholders thrash out the critical issues and revert to the ministry. The final decision on the league would be guided by the COVID-19 protocols and infrastructure.

The minister had taken a bold decision by advising the federal government to postpone the Edo National Sports Festival earlier scheduled for March 20-April 1 due to the pandemic.

Anaedoonline.com reported that the League Management Company (LMC) scheduled an expanded meeting between the leadership of NFF, LMC, and NPFL Clubs, June 24, 2020 by 1pm via video conferencing (Zoom Meeting ).

A message from the LMC secretariat last night said both the LMC and the NFF may also invite some stakeholders as observers to the meeting.

“The Agenda is to discuss the Conclusion of the 2019/2020 NPFL Season as voted by the clubs and forwarded to the LMC,” the statement said.

The NFF President and other football leaders in the country are expected to be part of the meeting.

“All NPFL clubs Chairmen are expected to attend and if unavailable are to please nominate a proxy to represent the club to the LMC through the club owners before 10am of June 24, 2020.

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