17 Years After, Lagos Stadium Undergoes Renovation

17 Years After, Lagos Stadium Undergoes Renovation
Ongoing renovations on the Nationwide Stadium in Lagos
Ongoing renovations on the Nationwide Stadium in Lag
After nearly 17 years, the Nationwide Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, has undergone its first renovation by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports activities Improvement.

The Nationwide Stadium, Lagos pitch, nonetheless, underwent renovation with the re-grassing of the principle pitch, substitute of the scoreboard, and restoration of vandalized cables, guaranteeing the stadium is well-lit at evening to enhance safety.

The minister assured that the undertaking was almost completed in an announcement launched by the federal government.

“Considered one of Nigeria’s iconic stadiums, Nationwide Stadium, Surulere is on the verge of an entire turnaround after works began on the bottom courtesy of Sunday Dare’s Undertake-a-Pitch initiative.

The soccer stadium, which Common Yakubu Gowon in-built 1972, initially hosted the African Video games in 1973, the place Nigeria gained the gold medal, and the AFCON in 1980, the place the boys’s nationwide soccer crew, then often known as the Inexperienced Eagles, additionally gained the match for the primary time ever.

Moreover, it served as a venue for the 1999 U-20 World Cup and the 2000 AFCON, which Ghana and Nigeria collectively hosted.

Each of the main occasions had been, nonetheless, the final to happen there earlier than the stadium was fully abandoned. After then, it turned a gathering place for non secular and social occasions, and it was taken over by hoodlums often known as Space Boys, squatters, hawkers, prostitutes, and bar house owners.