26th June, 2013
Telecommunications giant, Globacom Tuesday unveiled the new logo for the Glo Premier League, while the Nigerian sporting press was urged to generously celebrate and showcase the newly unveiled logo in their reports.
Coordinator, Marketing, Globacom, Mr. Niyi Olukoya made this remark in Lagos when Globacom and the League Management Committee, LMC, jointly unveiled the logo of the Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL.
The NPFL was also officially renamed Glo Premier League, thus signaling a new era in football sponsorship in Nigeria.
According to Olukoya, “in line with the best global practice where the sporting media refer to the league of a country by its officially approved name like the English League popularly known as the Barclays Premier League, we call on our brothers and sisters in the media to give the Glo Premier League the same support.”
Olukoya stated that Glo had sponsored the league continuously from 2003 to 2009/2010 seasons, adding that the company is proud to be back.
He said Globacom looks forward to working with the Nduka Irabor-led League Management Company to make the Glo Premier League the number one on the African continent.
He also acknowledged the efforts of the LMC in ensuring the smooth running of the league and called for more support for the management team in their effort to reposition the Glo Premier League to its rightful status among other leagues in the continent.
“The unveiling of the Glo Premier League logo today signals a new era of progress and total commitment to the development of football in Nigeria,” he added.
Olukoya thanked the media for all the massive support they have given to Globacom in the past, adding that the company looks forward to more support from the Nigeria media in the years ahead.
Earlier in his speech, the chairman of the LMC, Nduka Irabor, thanked Globacom for coming back to sponsor the league, adding that Globacom and League Management Company would work together to grow Nigerian football.
He said that Globacom had always been associated with football development in Nigeria and described the unveiling of the Glo Premier League logo as a new beginning.
Hon Irabor posited that the logo unveiling represents the formalization of the re-union between Globacom and Nigerian League.
“The Eagle bird as captured on the new logo is a unique icon which symbolizes excellence and top notch performance and we are grateful that our national teams have been living up to this reputation through scintillating performances in recent times,” Irabor said.