Johnny EdwardTop Nigerian Professional Football League administrators have urged the League Management Company to cancel the 2019/20 league season following the COVID-19 outbreak, Saturday PUNCH reports. The LMC is in the spotlight over the restart of the NPFL, which was suspended on March 18 after match-day 25, due to COVID-19. Why are we in a hurry to restart the league, the projection is that the vaccine will be available to all from November. Let’s play football only when it’s safe,” he added. In Delta State, the Stephen Keshi Stadium has been turned to an isolation centre, which means we don’t know when the pandemic will end and you say we should go and play football.

Source: Punch June 13, 2020 00:22 UTC