Lagos FA Announces Increase In 2025 Football Affiliation Fee  

By Akeem Busari

The Lagos State Football Association has announced an increment in the affiliation fees paid by all Lagos based football clubs in different cadres of the game. 

In the official statement signed by the Lagos FA Secretary, Mrs. Vera Hycient- Okechukwu, and made available to the press, it noted that, in the last 14 years of the democratic elected LSFA board,  there has been no significant increase in the affiliation fee paid by the clubs. 

Instead it is the LSFA that has applied  non payment fir clubs during COVID and also decided on a 50% downward review in the 2023/2024 football season, to reflect the economic situation.

In the last two football seasons, the LSFA has been experiencing economic slowdown and difficulties in meeting its operational, capital projects and overhead costs, because of the current economic situation in the country.

Till now, the LSFA has continued survive on loans and individuals support to attain its present impressive status as one of the most progressive football associations in Nigeria.

 As the 2025/2026 football season commences on Friday, August 01, 2025, the Chairman of Lagos FA, Hajji Gafar Liameed and the board, has approved a new affiliation structure payable by the clubs, to improve our services delivery to stakeholders, implement our capital projects, meet operational and overhead costs.

It stated further that the new affiliation fee structure, aligns with the current stable economic policies and indices of Nigeria’s economy.

According to the new affiliation structure, NPFL clubs in the state shall now pay N750,000; NNL sides are expected to pay N500,000; Nigeria Women Premier League, shall be N250,000;

Nationwide League One is now N200,000.Nationwide League Two is N150,000; Men non-league shall pay N100,000;

While Nigeria Professional League is N150,000; Nigeria Women National League is N100,000 and the women non-league sides, shall now pay N50,000.