The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has uncovered that it will cost the service N81m to cut the...
grass and clear the weed that have assumed control over the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.
He expressed this as of late while talking during the one-day class coordinated by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT part of the nation.
As per him, the service moved toward the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) for appraisal in the arena, which was implicit 2003 with N53 billion on a 29 hectares (72 sections of land) of land.
The arena is separated into Package A which houses the Main Bowl and Package B which houses different offices like b-ball 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.
