The Chairman of United Bank for African Plc, Tony Elumelu, has revealed that he is considering buying a club in the Nigeria Premier Football League.
The Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation said this on X on Monday after a user raised the issue of the local league.
The X user: Adebayo Mustapha, said President Bola Tinubu and the Ministry of Sports should woo top companies in the country to own clubs in the NPFL.
Mustapha, whose X handle is: @LawyerDayo, tweeted: “Can we get the President and Ministry of Sport to weigh in on the big corporations in Nigeria to buy at least one league club as part of CSR?
“Imagine Dangote buys Kano Pillars, BUA buys Kwara United, Elumelu acquires Rivers United and Geregu takes over 3SC.
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“Imagine the competition.”
Responding to the tweet, Elumelu said such moves had already been made by the government and that he was considering investing in the local league.
He tweeted: “This is a nice idea.
“The Sports Minister, Senator John Enoh @OwanEnoh, is already thinking along this line and has approached me and we are already evaluating viability.”
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