By Gracious Akujobi Executive Secretary of Nigeria Nation Wide League, Olushola Ogunnowo is excited by the sponsorships recently secured for the amateur league.
Ogunnowo told Prompt News that one of the sponsors, Puzzles Group will be investing in the league to the tune of N20 million for the 2015 season.
“Yes we already have some sponsors. Puzzles group are ready to partner with us. They are a group of company who are into so many things. We have reached an agreement with them; we are only waiting for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be signed.
“Puzzle group are offering us twenty million naira for the season and they want to sponsor it for three seasons. They are the first company in the history of Nation Wide League to come out to sponsor the league with such amount of money
“Other sponsorship we have are with Jovago and Verve international .The partnership with Jovago is going to be more than 20 million naira but the way they are going to fashion their own will be quite different because they are into hotel management, bookings and travel business. “They are creating a partnership whereby they ease payment of hotel for our clubs.
“As for Verve international we will soon work out their own method of sponsorship and how much that will translate into” The Executive Secretary stated.
Ogunnowo revealed that the secret of the success recorded by the Nation Wide League boils down to professionalism as they have been able to merge professional experience with administration.
He called on corporate businesses to join the league of new sponsors of the Nation Wide League, saying “it is the league to beat”.
