Referees Avert a Planned Boycott of Remaining NPFL Fixtures.

A boycott of the remaining Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixtures, which was to start with Sunday’s Week 35 matches, plotted by referees has been averted.

Nigeria Professional Football League Referee.
Nigeria Professional Football League Referee.

This is as revealed to MTNFootball.com by Chairman of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) Ahmed Maude that a standing issue has been resolved with the League management Company (LMC) and the fixtures should now go on as scheduled.

“There was an issue no doubt, but we have resolved it,” Maude told MTNFootball.com. “We will officiate the league till the last game.

“I must say kudos to my referees for doing wonderfully well this season, as you can see on the league table, no team is sure of winning the league or escaping relegation. That is why we told LMC our mind.”

A referee who wanted to remain anonymous revealed to MTNFootball.com that they had wanted to boycott the matches because they felt neglected by the LMC.

“Actually we wanted to stop officiating from the next game to tell LMC our mind, we are the ones at the receiving end at match venues, being harassed, molested and beaten up by fans. And at the end LMC will ask the team to pay hefty fines with nothing getting to us the referees.”