Rising from a stormy meeting, which lasted till the early hours of Thursday in Abuja, the clubs representatives had argued that the LMC lacks the locus standi to exclude the two clubs, stressing that this was more so since the players of Giwa FC have accepted to collect the N70,000 minimum wage from the club’s management
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The meeting, according the Club Chairmen acting secretary, Alloy Chukwuemeka, will hold at TopRanks Hotel Galaxy, Utako, Abuja
The News Agency of Nigeria gathered on Monday that letters to that effect were dispatched by Salihu Abubakar, the LMC’s Chief Operating Officer, on Friday
Reading the communiqué signed by the two parties, the acting Secretary of the club representatives, Alloysius Chukwuemeka, also said that other far-reaching decisions taken during the meeting included ensuring that no player in the Premier league receives less than N150,000 monthly minimum wage
In a statement by the Ag. Chairman of the Club Owners, Barrister Isaac Danladi, Chukwuemeka has been given the nod to continue in office pending the election of a substantive executive
The two parties were summoned by the parent body, the Nigeria Football Federation, to continue from where they stopped a fortnight ago when the first meeting ended in a stalemate
Inside sources told The Eagle Online that the Chairman of the LMC, Hon. Nduka Irabor, engaged in shouting argument with the boss of Nembe City, Victor Rumson Baribote, and managers of other clubs at the parley