The League Management Company (LMC) has issued Warri Wolves Football Club an ultimatum of 60 days to pay players and officials of the club salaries or be slapped with fines.
Warri Wolves
In a statement made available to the press on Tuesday, the LMC made it known that investigations had begun over reports that the players had gone on strike.
The statement which was signed by LMC Special Projects Officer, Harry Iwuala reads in part: “We served the summary jurisdiction notice to the club for failure to pay financial entitlements to the players for a period exceeding 60 days.
“This is a breach of Article B9.45 of the 2014/15 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Framework and Rules.”
Dolphins FC and Sharks FC have already been noted of point deductions earlier this season while FC Taraba and El-Kanemi Warriors FC, have had to face the LMC measures designed to protect the welfare of players.
Dolphins and Sharks acted before the deadline but the LMC had to send seperate letters to El-Kanemi Warriors and FC Taraba reminding them of their actions.
The two erring clubs have before August 28 to provide details of their financial situations. LMC’s Chief Operating Officer, Salihu Abubakar, said the summary jurisdiction notice was needed to check financial strengths of clubs.
Warri Wolves FC could be deducted 6 points if player salary issues are not resolved while as a further three points could be lost for every other 30 days for which the remuneration or entitlement of the players remained unpaid.
The LMC has however warned the club players to avoid a strike reminding that players have to issue a notice to the club and also give the LMC a 15-day period within which to intervene before strikes can be observed.
This must be done before declaring any form of trade dispute, when the clubs fail to honour their contractual obligations.
If the player feel the LMC has not acted as wished, they may take their case to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Arbitration Committee.
Reports emerged on Tuesday, August 26 that members of the club had started protesting their unpaid salaries by staying away from training. Players say they have not been paid salaries for five months, eight match bonuses and 15 per cent of their signing-on fees from last season.
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