The Globacom Premier League Club Owners Association on Sunday said it was not accepting the resignation of its Acting Secretary, Alloy Chukwuemeka, who quit office on Friday, Nov. 29.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!In a statement signed by its Acting Chairman, Isaac Danladi, the association said it was rather giving Chukwuemeka an extension of service.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chukwuemeka who is the General Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Football Club of Ilorin had quit his position on Friday.
In his resignation letter, he had said his position in the association was no longer tenable in view of his club’s relegation to the lower league.
NAN reports that ABS FC were relegated to the Nigeria National League (NNL) from the premier league at the end of the 2012/2013 season.
The relegation was on Thursday, Nov. 28 confirmed and approved by the Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) in Warri, Delta.
But Danladi said his association wanted Chukwuemeka to continue in office.
“Chukwuemeka has been given the nod to continue in office, pending the election of a substantive Executive Committee,’’ he had said in the statement.
The statement said the decision to reject Chukwuemeka’s resignation, after “due consideration’’ was out of the need to “avoid a vacuum in the Executive”
It said the action became necessary in view of Chukwuemeka’s selfless and meritorious service, as well as invaluable contributions to the association as Acting Secretary.
The association, according to the statement, said it hoped the gesture would spur Chukwuemeka to put in more efforts in the interest of the association.
Reacting to the development, Chukwuemeka told NAN in Ilorin that he could however not reject the extension.
“I see it as a call to service and because of the confidence reposed in me by the association,’’ he said.
Meanwhile, the club owners association would soon meet in Abuja to deliberate on the one-season extension granted the League Management Company (LMC) by the NFA AGA.
NAN reports that the one-season extension was granted the league organising body at the AGA in Warri, Delta on Thursday, Nov. 28.
Danladi, who confirmed news of the impending meeting, however cautioned the Nduka Irabor-led LMC against utterances in the media capable of causing further disaffection between it and the clubs.
“The LMC needs to be careful, because its utterances as noticed in its recent Twitter handle can be harmful,’’ Danladi who is also the chairman of Nasarawa United FC of Lafia said. (NAN)
