Rivers United has rejected the decision of the Football Committee of
the Nigeria Football Federation, which ratified the final league table
of the 2019/20 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League
released by the League Management Company, LMC.
The LMC applied the Point Per Game to determine positions for the
final NPFL table, following the abrupt cancellation of the league due
to COVID-19.


It’s the latest scenario in the face-off between the football body and
the NPFL side, who were adjudged third on the log behind leaders
Plateau United and second-place Enyimba, by the LMC, following the
application of the Points Per Game rule.
It means, Rivers, hitherto second before the controversial PPG
application, will now play in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup
next season, rather than the showpiece CAF Champions League, with
Enyimba taking their place.
The NFF, in a statement titled, ‘NFF Football Committee sanctions NPFL
2019/2020 final table,’ said the federation’s Football Committee
endorsed the final table.
According to the NFF, the LMC followed due process before arriving at
the decision to use the PPG format to determine league positions, and
the head-to-head rule in placing Enyimba above Rivers.

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