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2025 Afcon: Lagos Sports Commission boss Aiyepekun gives update on CAF inspection
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
As Nigeria attempts to co-host the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2025, Confederation of African Football (CAF) inspectors visited the country’s stadia and have been inspecting stadia across the West African nation.
Nigeria had proposed six venues for the competition and four CAF inspectors have been checking out the venues, including the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos, and chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, Sola Aiyepekun says his is hopeful that Teslim Balogun Stadium can get the nod with the kind of work they are doing.
“When the inspectors came in, one of the major things they wanted to check was our readiness to host evening matches. The stadium is under renovation right now,” Aiyepekun told Brila FM.
“That will help our course because there are a number of things that were suggested and we have noted which will serve us in good stead in preparedness for the future. Part of the future is Lagos hosting the 2025 Nations Cup.
“It was a preliminary inspection to see what’s on ground and give us Technical support. Technically we would be ready but Stadium is under construction. We would be ready before the next interval.”
Inspectors appointed by the Confederation of African Football are checking out the stadia and related facilities that Nigeria has put forward in a joint bid with Benin Republic to host the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in the year 2025.
On Saturday night, the team stopped over at the Teslim Balogun Stadium which is currently under extensive renovation, and were received by the Executive Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Sola Aiyepeku alongside the Director General, LSSC, Mr Toyin Gafaar Bolowotan and; the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Grassroots Development, Mr Anthony Adeyinka Adeboye.
Nigeria last co-hosted the AFCON in 2000 which was the last time it hosted the African football showpiece with Cameroon winning the title on penalties in Lagos against the co-hosts Nigeria.
