Doping: Elegbeleye Applauds NPFL Players For Staying Drug-free

Players successful the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) person been commended for their cleanable measure of wellness pursuing random tests conducted by the National Anti-Doping Committee (NADC) of Nigeria.

Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye, the NPFL Chairman, welcomed the merchandise of the trial results, which were communicated to the league successful a missive from the NADC. The bureau besides indicated plans to proceed cause investigating successful the upcoming play and sought the league’s support.

“I americium precise satisfied with the result of the tests connected our players carried retired by the NADC, and I privation to commend our players for staying clean,” Elegbeleye remarked successful effect to the letter.

In the correspondence sent to the NPFL, Odo Raphael Okafor, Deputy Director/Head of Drug Testing, noted that the tests were conducted to support the integrity of shot and heighten the estimation of the NPFL.

“As you are aware, the NADC, successful its efforts to support the athletics of shot cleanable and uphold integrity successful the league, initiated cause investigating with the 2023/2024 league season. Out of the 32 urine samples tested during randomly selected lucifer fixtures, each results were negative.

This indicates that nary of the randomly selected players are utilizing substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). This is commendable,” Okafor stated successful the letter.

The doping bureau informed the NPFL that random investigating of players would resume astatine selected league matches for the 2025/26 season. “In enactment with the NADC’s ongoing committedness to maintaining just play, integrity, and protecting the wellness of our sportsmen and women, we program to behaviour cause investigating astatine randomly selected matches successful the 2025/2026 league season,” the NADC stated.

During the existent season, the NADC plans to transportation retired 16 tests crossed 4 randomly selected lucifer fixtures and has sought the NPFL’s enactment for the palmy completion of this task.

Elegbeleye assured the bureau of enactment for their activities successful the caller season, stating that the NPFL would supply full backing to guarantee different palmy circular of testing.