Lagos – The League Management Company (LMC) has announced that Glo Premier League fixtures would resume on Sept. 17.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the LMC said that the league would resume due to the decision of the referees to call off their boycott of the matches.

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NAN reports that the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA) had withdrawn their services in response to the uncertainties that trailed the Annual General Assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

NRA directed its members to boycott all the league matches until normalcy returned to NFA.

Salihu Abubakar, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the LMC, said that “ the resumption is on the strength of the notice by the NRA indicating their readiness to officiate in matches”.

“Consequent on the NRA readiness to officiate in matches, all Match Day 26 fixtures will hold on Wednesday, September 17 and Clubs of the Glo Premier League have been notified accordingly.

“ We seize this opportunity to thank all stakeholders, especially our commercial partners and fans for their understanding,” the statement said.

According to the statement, a letter announcing the resumption by referees was addressed to the NFF General Secretary and signed by NRA Secretary General, Moroof Oyekunle Oluwa.

The release further said that Match Days had been rescheduled to accommodate the disruption of the dates and fixtures. (NAN)