Federal Government needs N21b to fix the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos
N400m from chief Adebutu fixed pitch, scoreboard, and tartan tracks
An estimate of about N21b is needed to completely revive the National Stadium, Surulere, which was abandoned for 17 years before the ongong work started two
years ago.
Minister of Sports Sunday Dare who made this known on Friday in Lagos added that 80 per cent of the job has been done with the little resources that came
courtesy of chief Adebutu Kessington through the Adopt A Pitch initiative of the ministry of sports.
Dare added: “We lost one year to COVID-19 during the period, and we were still able to make impact.
“Ten sponsors were needed, and we got only one. The budget for each of the stadia is not enough to maintain it.
“The story of the Surulere Stadium is pathetic because all the cables were stolen, and we met a structure completely dead such that we started from ground
zero.
“Now, the scoreboard is back, the the pitch is back with water sprinklers working while the tartan tracks are 80 per cent ready.”
The sports minister commended the efforts of chief Kessington and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who partnered with the ministry to revive the Moshood Abiola Stadium
Abuja which was abandoned for 13 years.
