By Obaseki Anthony on December 24, 2019

The National Association of Nigeria Professional Footballers (NANPF) has received the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) certificate of registration of the “Footballers Welfare Foundation” (FWF) to drive its Players Welfare Promotion Agenda

According to the President of NANPF (also known as Nigeria Players Union), former international Tijani Babaginda, “The stark reality facing the union’s inability to address the multiple health challenges and other socio-economic conditions of our players, as a result of the union’s inability to access basic statutory funding options from the system in addressing fundamental welfare challenges of players and their dependants in line with  global best  practice, has triggered the establishment of the FWF.

“It’s no longer news that we have scores of players, both current and former facing real hardship, unable to meet their basic needs.”

Describing the situation as worrisome,  the NANPF Scribe Austin Popo  said: “A great number of former players have died from one form of sickness or another, and in most cases it was as a result of their inability to access medical facility due to lack of funds. While one may acknowledge the fact that some of our players have lived recklessly, without bothering and planning for their future, it is also true that those who may wished to plan cannot, due to the heavyweight indebtedness of clubs to players and coaches. It is on record that more than half a billion naira is being owed players and coaches across the length and breadth of Nigeria for the past eight years.”

Members of the Board of Trustees of FWF, headed by astute sports administrator Abba Yola Abdullahi, include NANPF President Tijani Babaginda, Kanu Nwankwo, Patrick Pascal, Chikelue Ileonyosi, Mutiu Adepoju, Ann Chiejine, Austin Popo and Barrister Audu Lawal.

•PHOTO: The NANPF FWF Certificate from CAC

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 24, 2019

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