NNL, NLO, Women League 2019/20 season cancelled

Following the poll conducted on Sunday evening among the clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League to end the 2019/2020 Nigeria Professional Football League, It has been reveal that the 2019/20 Nigeria National League (NNL), Nationwide League One (NLO) and the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) season has Cancelled.

Seventeen chairmen of the clubs voted that the season should come to an end with the top three clubs representing Nigeria at the CAF inter-clubs competition in the next season.

With the latest development, there would neither be promotion from the lower cadre nor relegation of any of the NPFL clubs.

The clubs chieftains were asked to vote on options to end the season owing to the Covid-19 situation.

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NNL, in December 2019 went on break after three matches but did not return from the Christmas break due to paucity of funds which prematurely discontinued the league before Coronavirus halted all sporting activities in the world.

The Nationwide League and the Nigeria Women Professional League have not commenced before Nigeria Government announced suspension of all sporting activities in March 2020 due to Covid-19.

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