FRCN To Broadcast Live Matches Of NNL Super Eight, Aluo

FRCN To Broadcast Live Matches Of NNL Super Eight, Aluo
FRCN To Broadcast Live Matches Of NNL Super Eight, Aluo

 

As part of its efforts to create enough awareness for the country’s second tier league, the board of Nigeria National League ( NNL) has entered into agreement with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) to run live commentaries of all the Super 8 matches to be held in Enugu from
June, 7-14, 2024.

Disclosing this to NNL media, chairman of the League Board, Mr. George Aluo said the arrangement will offer Nigerians opportunity of following the games from the kick off to the finals even as he commended the largest Radio network in Africa for the deal.

Head of Sports and outside broadcast FRCN Mrs Grace Iliya and her team visited the NNL office to convey the bountiful offer of airtime and partnership by FRCN to NNL  with  the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officers of the League Mr. Emmanuel Attah and Dr.Ayo Abdulrahaman present. 

” I am very excited with the partnership because for the first time in the history of the league, FRCN will air our matches live. What this means is that football fans in the remotest villages of the country will follow the competition from the beginning to the end, because Radio Nigeria covers all parts of the country and I must have to say a very big thank you to the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of FRCN Dr.Mohammed Bulama and his management team for graciously  accepting to support the most important league in Nigeria"

The Super 8 playoff is organised annually at the end of the league to determine the overall champion of the second tier League as well as teams that will gain promotion to the Nigeria Premier Football league(NPFL).

The eight teams that qualified for the NNL promotional  Playoff are; Nasarawa United, Sporting Supreme of Abuja, Sokoto United and El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri.

Others are Beyond Limits FC  of Ikenne , Madiba FC Lagos, Inter Lagos and Ikorodu Utd also of Lagos.

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