The Chairman of Nasarawa United Football
Club, Isaac Danladi, on Tuesday flayed the call
for the upward review of salaries of players in
the Glo Premier League (GPL).
Danladi said that clubs should be allowed to
handle the issue in-house.
“I believe that for anybody to write a report it
must be an in-depth investigation and analysis
of the situation.
“First and foremost, it is not compulsory for
clubs to pay sign-on fees, but clubs decide on
their own to pay sign-on fees and pay salary.
“While some clubs decide to pay what they
call enhanced salary, I read on the pages of
the papers that Sunshine was paying up to
N650,000 per month.
“Lobi was paying a little more than N150,000
per month, Nasarawa was paying N50,000 per
month.
“But they have forgotten that Nasarawa
equally pays sign-on fees and we have paid 50
per cent of the sign-on fee against last
season.
“And whatever we agreed with the players we
have paid them and no player is complaining.
“Assuming a player collects N3 million per
season as sign-on fee and collects N50,000 to
N60,000 as salary and you spread it and
divide it by 12 months what you get is above
the N100,000 minimum wage they are talking
about.’’
An inquest into salaries of players last season
resulted in a discovery that many clubs flouted
Article 2.4 (1) of the League Rules under
Scheduled C.
Article 2.4 (1) of the rules states: “the monthly
salary of the Premier League is negotiable, but
shall not be less than N100,000.’’
Last season, 48 per cent of the clubs complied
with the provision.
It was because of this that the League
Management Company made the minimum
wage of N100,000 a major requirement for
registration of clubs in the 2013/2014 season.
(NAN)
Club, Isaac Danladi, on Tuesday flayed the call
for the upward review of salaries of players in
the Glo Premier League (GPL).
Danladi said that clubs should be allowed to
handle the issue in-house.
“I believe that for anybody to write a report it
must be an in-depth investigation and analysis
of the situation.
“First and foremost, it is not compulsory for
clubs to pay sign-on fees, but clubs decide on
their own to pay sign-on fees and pay salary.
“While some clubs decide to pay what they
call enhanced salary, I read on the pages of
the papers that Sunshine was paying up to
N650,000 per month.
“Lobi was paying a little more than N150,000
per month, Nasarawa was paying N50,000 per
month.
“But they have forgotten that Nasarawa
equally pays sign-on fees and we have paid 50
per cent of the sign-on fee against last
season.
“And whatever we agreed with the players we
have paid them and no player is complaining.
“Assuming a player collects N3 million per
season as sign-on fee and collects N50,000 to
N60,000 as salary and you spread it and
divide it by 12 months what you get is above
the N100,000 minimum wage they are talking
about.’’
An inquest into salaries of players last season
resulted in a discovery that many clubs flouted
Article 2.4 (1) of the League Rules under
Scheduled C.
Article 2.4 (1) of the rules states: “the monthly
salary of the Premier League is negotiable, but
shall not be less than N100,000.’’
Last season, 48 per cent of the clubs complied
with the provision.
It was because of this that the League
Management Company made the minimum
wage of N100,000 a major requirement for
registration of clubs in the 2013/2014 season.
(NAN)
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