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Nigeria’s Minister For Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has apologised to the Super Eagles for the horrible state of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja and has assured them that the turf will be restored to an excellent state before their next AFCON qualifiers games in September, reports Megasportsarena.com.
The Eagles played for the first time on the pitch last Thursday against Sierra Leone after their ill-fated World Cup Playoff against Ghana and it looked like a horse grazing ground.
“We, as a Ministry, take the responsibility for the state of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja when you play against Sierra Leone. The excitement of having the stadium back to life led to a few issues like the overuse and the infestation by a species of termites and bugs.
“We have engaged a new grass consultant and got a hold of these issues and in a few weeks, the pitch will be back in the excellent shape it was before the World Cup qualifier against Ghana last March.
“Every other thing like the water sprinklers, digital scoreboards, Media Centre, Conference rooms, change rooms, medical centre are fully functional and we will have the training pitches 100% ready as well.”
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