…WANT CLUBS TO PLAY BY THE RULES ON PLAYERS CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT & WELFARE
The Nigeria Players Union,the National Association of Professional Footballers ( NANPF) has stated that the Union is focused at ensuring that issues around players welfare and provisions of players contractual agreement are never compromised or taking for granted by clubs .
This was made known by the Union on 25th July ,2025 through a statement by the Chairman of the players union board, Nigeria ex international Sunday Abe, while expressing concern on the way and manner some clubs neglect full implementation of contractual agreement between players and clubs and also playing down on their welfare packages including payment of their entitled bonuses which they have worked for.
He maintained that the Union through its formidable framework will not take it lightly with any erring clubs and call for change of attitude by clubs and their management.
The period of iLL treatment of players by their employers is gone as we have set our machinery in motion to ensure that clubs do the needfuls without further attracting issues around trade union dispute and advised clubs ,club owners and managers to be fair and professional in the handling of players welfare ,salary and bonuses and with due considerations on their physical and general well being.
He therefore advise clubs to toe the part of fairness promptly to avoid trade union actions and their consequences. We want to assure that our framework will bring about periodic engagement with club managers and clubs and other football stakeholders on how to improve & maintain the tempo on players welfare ,salary and bonuses without undue delays .
