The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has
revealed that it will cost the ministry N81m to cut the grass and clear
the weed that have taken over the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
He stated this recently while speaking during the one-day seminar
organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT
chapter.
According to him, the ministry approached the Abuja
Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) for assessment in the stadium,
which was built in 2003 with N53 billion on a 29 hectares (72 acres) of
land.
The stadium is divided into Package A which houses the Main
Bowl and Package B which houses other facilities like basketball courts,
NFF office, volleyball courts, tennis courts, squash courts.
“We
approached AEPB to come see what can be done to clear the grass and
weed in the stadium and they told us it will cost us N81m. If we tell
Nigerians we used N81m which is not even available, there will be an
outcry. The funds are not really there for us and that is why we are
partnering with private investors to bring back the key components of
our infrastructures,” he said.
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