NIKE Extends NFF Contract
Category: Sports News
Globally-renown kit manufacturers, NIKE have extended their contract
agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation until December 2026.
President of NFF, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick said on Thursday that
negotiations had been on-going for the past one month before the American
foot-and-bodywear behemoth agreed to extend their relationship with Nigeria
Football.
“We talked about several areas they needed to look into
and we finally got a deal and extension of the contract until December 2026. I
give the credit for this to Members of the NFF Executive Committee and the
General Secretary. The new agreement lends credence to NIKE’s faith in Nigeria
Football and what we are doing as a Federation. It is a wake-up call for our
other sponsors and partners to extend their agreements and for more players in
Corporate Nigeria to support the Nigeria game.
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“We have also succeeded in getting our partners
Nigerian Breweries PLC
to extend their contract with the NFF by one year. Initially, their
relationship with the NFF was due to end this year. We got talking and met
several times, and finally they agreed to extend by another year after which
they will perform a review of the relationship.”
Meanwhile, kit
giants NIKE officially opened their Lagos mega-shop on Thursday. The
impressive office is located at the expansive Ikeja Mall, in the heart of one
of the city’s main business districts. The mega-shop is the first of planned
major outlets on Lagos island and the Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja.
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