PREMIUM Why local clubs want independent body to run football league Federation and clubs agree to form a seven-member transition committee to steer the process. Football Just now

Thursday’s formation of a seven-member committee to lead the return of the management of the top-flight league to an independent body followed a warning by the club chairmen that they would boycott next season’s campaign unless a clear leadership structure for the running of the league is established.

Photo credit: Pool Speaking after Thursday’s meeting with the club officials, Mohammed noted the formation of the transition committee to establish the roadmap to have the league run by a semi-autonomous body is a major step towards making the league among the best in Africa.

Among the reasons why the club officials want the league to be run by an independent body is a lopsided revenue sharing model, spillover of federation politics into the league management, desire by clubs to have a greater say in key decisions affecting them, and the need to ensure a more professional administration of the competition.