Rehabilitation Of Obafemi Awolowo Stadium Pitch Begins …As Sports Ministry Intensifies Infrastructure Development Drive In Nigeria

The Infrastructure improve drive of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports activities Improvement struck its fourth gear as rehabilitation work resumed on the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan.

The ability which was one time rated amongst one of the best in Africa has suffered years of abandonment, however is now present process rehabilitation below the undertake initiative of the Sports activities Minister Sunday Dare.

Dare, upon assumption of workplace, said that his administration will lengthen its focus to revamping main sporting amenities across the nation.

The Obafemi Awolowo Stadium is now the fourth stadium to get a face-lift after the Moshood Abiola Nationwide Stadium, Abuja, Daura Township Stadium, Katsina and the Nationwide Stadium, Surulere.

The Minister mentioned, “Infrastructure is essential in sports activities progress and growth. I had a transparent imaginative and prescient once I assumed workplace to rehabilitate a few of these amenities. The welfare of athletes has additionally remained high precedence for me, thus we launched the Undertake-an-Athlete and Undertake-a-Pitch initiatives.”

The Moshood Abiola Nationwide Stadium, Abuja has gone on to host each Nigerian nationwide workforce in any respect cadres, each female and male, whereas additionally internet hosting nationwide and worldwide membership soccer video games.

The Daura Township stadium can be serving the individuals of Katsina state and past whereas the Nationwide Stadium, Surulere, Lagos is having its tracks laid after the pitch was revived and a brand new digital scoreboard put in.

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