Tony Elumelu, a Nigerian billionaire, philanthropist, and banker, has indicated that he would like to buy a club in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) after speaking with Senator John Owan Enoh, the Minister of Sports Development.
Elumelu announced this via his X (formerly known as Twitter) handle in response to a remark made by a fellow X user, Adebayo Mustapha, who said that the President and Ministry of Sports ought to court leading businesses in the nation to acquire NPFL clubs.
“Can we get the President and Ministry of Sport to weigh in on the big corporations in Nigeria to buy at least one league club as part of CSR? Imagine Dangote buys Kano Pillars, BUA buys Kwara United, Elumelu acquires Rivers United, and Geregu takes over 3SC. Imagine the competition?”, Mustapha wrote.
In response to the proposal, Tony Elumelu wrote, “The Sports Minister, Senator John Enoh @OwanEnoh, is already thinking along this line and has approached me, and we are already evaluating viability.”
He revealed that the minister had gotten in touch with him and other well-known individuals in the nation to assess the viability of making these purchases in the NPFL to expand the league.
With an estimated net worth of billions, Tony Elumelu is among the richest men in Nigeria and Africa. Finance, real estate, hospitality, healthcare, power, oil, and gas are the industries from which he got his money.
He chairs Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, and United Bank for Africa (UBA), amongst others.
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