The sports minister feels that the collaborative
talks between the LMC and Spain's topflight officials will improve the
standards of the country's football
The officials of the LMC are hosting their Spanish counterpart iwith the aim of concluding partnership talks between both elite leagues' managers in Abuja.
Dalung disclosed this when he received the La Liga officials led by its president Javier Tebas alongside LMC boss Shehu Dikko and NFF president Amaju Pinnick at his office in Abuja on Monday.
The minister assured the delegation from Spain of the government readiness to providing enabling environment for international collaboration, stressing football as the nation's major means of sustaining its national unity.
He hailed the efforts of the Shehu Dikko led LMC for taking advantage of the international relations between Spain and Nigeria to helping the growth of football.
"The visit [of La Liga officials] is very golden because it will go a long way to enrich football in Nigeria," Dalung began in his welcome address during the visit.
"Our government is committed to making Nigeria investment friendly and we have been putting in place the enabling administrative legal framework for international partnership.
"We are happy that the LMC have key into our policy of international partnership and liaising with you [Spain] to provide different activities within the areas the matches are played.
"The league in Nigeria is a major tool to providing job opportunity and stimulate peace and unity within our ethnic diversity.
"We are a nation that has close to 500 different ethnic nationality and the only social group that can only mobilise and unite us can only be sports and specifically football.
"We are committed working with and supporting managers of football in the country for such meaningful project such as this international collaboration with Spain and in furtherance of the very cordial relationship already existing between both nations.
"It is of significance that the Nigeria Professional Football League and La Liga is entering into understanding that will improve the business aspect of the league in Nigeria in such areas that will boost the earning of football which will in-turn impact positively on the welfare of players while creating new frontiers for business.
"It is commendable that the League Management Company through this collaboration tapping the world of information technology business which is now the domain of future business.
"Therefore, it is pleasing to know some of the areas of collaboration been initiated by both parties which covers media marketing, commercial, promotional activities, knowledge exchange, youth development and training for coaches and administrators.
"As you continue your deliberation on this key areas for agreement, consensus and signing of memorandum of understanding.
"I wish you a very fruitful and successful deliberation and to assure you of Nigerian government commitment to all international agreements that will produce positive engagement, not only for our youth and strengthen our economy," he concluded.
Also present at the minister's office were the International Advisor Melcior Solar, Head of La Liga South Africa Antonia Barradas and Fernando Sanz the Head of La Liga Middle East office and who is in charge of African affairs and some NPFL club officials.
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