Sunday Dare Assures Super Eagles Abuja Pitch Will Be Renovated

A cross part of footballing loving Nigerians weren’t proud of the state of the pitch on the newly renovated Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja when the Tremendous Eagles performed Sierra Leone final week of their opening Group A fixture of the continuing 2023 AFCON qualifiers, and this has led to many disagreeable feedback.

Criticism obtained even worse when the followers noticed the enjoying pitch at di Adrar Stadium for Agadir, Morocco the place Nigeria pummeled São Tomé and Príncipe 10-0 as many followers believed the enjoying floor introduced out the perfect within the group.

In response to this, Minister of Youth and Sports activities Improvement, Sunday Dare fuel promised to take swift actions in getting the pitch again to the way it was earlier than Nigeria hosted Ghana within the World Cup playoff that occurred on the stadium in March.

“We, as a Ministry, take the accountability for the state of the Moshood Abiola Nationwide Stadium, Abuja whenever you performed towards Sierra Leone,” Sunday Dare stated.

“The thrill of getting the stadium again to life led to a couple points just like the overuse and the infestation by a species of termites and bugs.

“Now we have engaged a brand new grass advisor and obtained a maintain of those points and in a couple of weeks, the pitch can be again within the glorious form it was earlier than the World Cup qualifier towards Ghana final March.

“Each different factor just like the water sprinklers, digital scoreboards, Media Heart, Convention rooms, change rooms, medical middle are totally practical and we can have the coaching pitches 100% prepared as properly.

“We’ll proceed to understand President Muhammadu Buhari for his dedication to sports activities and likewise thank Alhaji Aliko Dangote for his contributions in serving to us restore the glory of the stadium from the farmland that it was then to what it’s at present.”

The Tremendous Eagles return to motion on the pitch in late September for his or her subsequent AFCON qualifier towards Guinea-Bissau.