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Financial Technology Company Signs Three-year Deal With NPFL

A leading financial technology company, Bitnob Technologies has penned a sponsorship deal with the Nigeria Professional Football League for the development of the top flight league in Nigeria.

The terms of the deal was undisclosed albeit the duration is three years.

Speaking at the official signing ceremony of the sponsorship, the Chief Executive Officer, Bitnob, Bernard Parah, believes the partnership would link his organisation to the people need solutions and also help them to work with the NPFL to develop the league.

“Bitcoin just like football, is about hope, oneness, and freedom, and at Bitnob, we are excited to be making this happen to inspire hope and showcase possibilities in our own league. If we don’t believe in what is ours, then who will?.

“We are young investors and are happy with the willingness of the League Management Company to partner with us in order to give the league a facelift.

In his response, League Management Company Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko commended Bitnob Technologies for the support they have rendered to the Nigerian league, just as he hoped the partnership make the league a model in Africa.

“We are excited to see young minds choosing to invest in the growth and development of our domestic league. Football is a major passion point in the country, and we believe that the marriage of football and technology is critical to the next phase of football in our nation,” Dikko posited.

Bitnob provides payments solutions and other financial services for individual and businesses partnered the NPFL as an elite sponsors in the financial technology category.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.