Nigeria’s Sports Minister Inspects MKO Abiola Training Practice Pitch 1

Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare on Friday inspected the Moshood Abiola Stadium Training Pitch 1 to examine the level of the development with barely few weeks it will handed to the Ministry.

Afrikings Homes Ltd had adopted the training pitch to fix the natural grass that has worn out due to poor maintenance.

With the adoption, Afrikings Houses has joined the growing list of organizations that have keyed into the ministry’s Adopt-An-Infrastructure Project, which began three years ago.

Maintenance of the pitch for the next two years will be done by Afrikings homes which is part of the agreement between the sports Ministry and Afrikings Homes limited.

Speaking during the visit to the training pitch, Dare praised the Chairman of  Afrikings Homes, Kingsley Awodi for his passion in sports development and also being one of those who keyed into the initiative.

Dare who was satisfied with the improvement in re-grassing the pitch expressed hope that it will be completed and delivered to the Ministry before the hand over date. He expressed satisfaction with the job so far done.

“We need to encourage and appreciate Kingsley Awodi for his passion in sports development and adopting the training pitch with the aim of putting it in shape for the national teams. They have done a great job here and hopefully it will completed and be handed to the Ministry before the end of this month.”

In his remarks, Kingsley Awodi said, “You can be rest assured of our continued support. We keyed into the initiative when we saw how abandoned our stadiums are. We want to be part of the history and write our names among those who supported good initiative.

“We shouldn’t allow our stadiums to collapse. Nigerians have a very strong love for Sports, so I think we need to complement the government’s efforts to ensure that everything works.

“We saw how the minister’s initiative turned around stadium that were once abandoned and now hosting international matches.

“We want to be part of those who supported good initiative.”

Emmanuel Ukoh