NWFL: Barrister Edeh Calls For Full Inclusion Of Women's Leagues In NFF Executive Board

NWFL: Barrister Edeh Calls For Full Inclusion Of Women's Leagues In NFF Executive Board 

Ibrahim Lateef 

Benue State Football Association (BSFA) chairman, Barrister Paul Edeh says it's time for women to take a lead role in the management of women's club football in country, as he faults the composition of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Executive Board, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Edeh, a philanthropist and founder Ratels Sports Development Foundation (RSDF) gave the charge at the 2023/24 Nigeria Women's Football League (NWFL) Annual General Assembly in Lagos.

"Our women are capable of managing the clubs in the NWFL, for the NWFL Board to effectively get things right, I feel in the inequality jinx in the NFF Executive Board composition needs to be broken.

"Its unfair for Nigeria's women football to have just the NWFL in the NFF Board, while the men's domestic league, is represented by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Nigeria National League (NNL) and the Nationwide League One (NLO).

"The NWFL Board is managing other Women's League Division. A representative from the NWFL-Premiership, Championship and NWFL-Nationwide should also be in the NFF Board for fairness and equality, if truly we want to the growth of the women's game."

Speaking further, Edeh expressed his delight that the Nkechi-led NWFL Board has saddled the State Football Associations with the responsibility of coordinating the State Women's League, which is the third-tier division.

"Its a good development for the growth of the women's football from the grassroot. 

"On our part, the Benue State Football Association (BSFA) will be the first to contribute to the Benue State Women's League project. On behalf of the BSFA, we are funding the project with Two Million Naira (#2,000, 000).