An estimate of about N21b is needed to completely revive the Lagos National Stadium, Surulere, which was abandoned for 17 years before the ongoing work started two years ago.
Minister of Youth and Sports Develop Sunday Dare who made this known yesterday in Lagos added that 80 percent 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 an 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 pitch is back with water sprinklers working while the tartan tracks are 80 percent ready
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