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Highest paid footballers in the NPFL

The coming of the League Management Company (LMC) that runs the Nigeria Professional Football League, first controlled by solely a veteran journalist and former House of Representative member, Honourable Nduka Irabor and now in the hands Mallam Shehu Dikko, the current Chairman of the LMC, has turned things around in the system as there have been a continuous flow of money into the league, with players now earning as much as N800,000 monthly salaries. This has made players smile to the banks unlike what obtained years after the professional league debuted in Nigeria in 1992.Godwin Obaje (FC Ifeanyi Ubah): N850,000Last season’s Nigeria Professional League top scorer, Godwin Obaje, has joined heavy spenders FC Ifeanyi Uba from Wikki Tourist. Obaje finished as top scorer in the NPFL with 18 goals last season, and after two failed attempts to move abroad, he has pitched tent with the millionaire club. His deal at Ifeanyi Uba makes him the highest paid player in the NPFL, to the tune of a N850,000 monthly salary. ” And his contract will improve after every season. His salary is bigger and better than those of some professional players in Europe.”Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars): N800,000 The Nigerian football midfielder plays for Kano Pillars FC where he earns N800,000 a month.Gambo Mohammed (Kano Pillars): N800,000Muhammad Gambo, also known as Muhammed, is a footballer who plays for Kano Pillars F.C. in the Nigeria Premier League and the Nigeria national team. The centre-forward earns N800,000 per month.Chinedu Udoji (Kano Pillars): N800,000The former Enyimba captain joined Kano Pillars last November where he is earning N800,000 monthly.Namso Edo (Akwa United): N700,000.Namso Ede plays as a defender for Akwa United. He bags N700,000 at the end of each month. In 2015, Tunisian giants expressed in the Akwa United goal-scoring defender with a view to a January move, but this never happened. Namso Edo, who is a mass communications graduate of the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, has been at Akwa United for four years.Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Ifeanyi Ubah FC): N600,000Ikechukwu Ezenwa is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ifeanyi Ubah F.C. The 28-year old earns N600,000 monthly. He began his professional football career with Ocean Boys F.C before he moved to Heartland F.C in July 2008. He moved to Ifeanyi Ubah in 2016. He was a member of the Nigeria U-23 at the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring in the qualifier games. He got the call up to the Super Eagles in 2015 under the authority of Coach Sunday Oliseh. He has been part of the squad in the World Cup and Nations Cup qualifications.Report a problem.

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