The Nigeria Women Football League is the body responsible for organization the top three tiers of
women's association football
Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national te ...
in Nigeria. They organize the
NWFL Premiership, NWFL Championship and NWFL Nationwide leagues. Historically, the
Nigeria Football Federation
The Nigeria Football Federation (known as Nigeria Football Association until 2008) is Nigeria's football governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football team in 1949. It joined CAF in 1959 and FIF ...
appoints the executive board for the NWFL.
History
Since inception, women's football was usually governed as a department of the NFF empowered to administer the leagues. Executive members and leaders of such committees included Gina Yesibo, Bola Ngozi Jegede and Haijia Omidiran. However, the Nigeria Women Football League was inaugurated as an institution capable of running its affairs using a more independent approach. Dilichukwu Onyedinma was appointed as the first chairperson for the body.
Governance and administration
Previous chairpersons
* Dilichukwu Onyedinma (???? to January 2017)
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Aisha Falode (January 2017 to July 2023)
* Nkechi Obi (July 2023 to present)
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