The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reviewed downwards the registration fees clubs will have to pay to take part in this year’s Federation Cup competition.
While the male clubs will pay N70,000 instead of the proposed N120,000 their female counterparts will part with only N50,000 each instead of N100,000.
NFF’s Acting Director of Competitions, Ruth David confirmed to thenff.com that the NFF Executive Committee opted to review the fees downwards in order to encourage many more clubs to participate in this year’s competition in both the men’s and women’s categories.
According to the NFF, even as the registration fees are down, the programme itself is unchanged from what was officially communicated to the Football Association in the 36 States and the FCT.
The football governing body explained that registration of clubs will be held over a fortnight between 16th – 30th January, while submission of completed players’ forms for production of licenses will be done 31st January – 6th February.
This year’s competition in the various States and the FCT will take place between 18th February and 19th March, with the States and the FCT expected to submit the names of their two representatives in the national competition to the NFF by 20th March.
The NFF said dates for the
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