Football fans in Asaba, the Delta State Capital have been urged to make out time and visit the Stephen Keishi Memorial Stadium, on match days, to cheer the clubs who have all arrived in Asaba, for the NNL Promotional Play-offs, christened NNL Super 8.
The Chairman, Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa made the plea, while speaking to NNL Media on Friday, on the readiness of the state, to host a hitch-free, season-ending tournament.
“We are pleased that we have the facilitates to host the NNL Promotional Play-offs, and if the NFF or NNL approaches us that they want to use them, we have a responsibility of ensuring that they are given the nod to do so. After all, we must put the facilities to good use, otherwise the funds spent to put them in place, would have been a waste”, Chief Okowa said.
Chief Okowa, who is also the President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria said he is very convinced the Super 8, featuring eight teams that will be battling for four promotion tickets to the nation’s top flight league, would be a huge success.
“What we are supposed to give to the NNL as an establishment of the NFF as approved by the Governor Rt. Hon. Sherriff Oborevwori has been released to them; and the Governor has also provided all we need to mobilize for security and other logistics entrusted in our care”, he added.
He emphatically predicted that the tournament which kicks off on Sunday, after Saturday’s draw ceremony, will be action packed and highly competitive.
“With notable names in Nigerian football like; Heartland, Kano Pillars, Katsina United, already here [Asaba] for the NNL Super 8, we don’t want an empty stadium. We also want good football, and I believe the teams will give the fans exactly that, considering that they would have trained sufficiently for the big task ahead”, Chief Okowa concluded. The other sides taking part in the NNL Promotional Play-offs are DMD FC of Maiduguri, EFCC FC of Abuja, FC ONE Rocket of Abat, Stommers SC of Abeokuta and Sporting FC of Lagos.
