Dare rejects N360m Proposal to cut Grass

MKO Abiola National Stadium

Government agency, the Abuja Environmental protection agency has estimated the cost of cutting the grass and clearing the surrounding of the MKO Abiola National Stadium to tell tune of N360m. This was submitted to the ministry of youths and sports Development. But the minister of sports, Mr Sunday Dare has not only rejected the estimate but insisted that using such a huge amount for the purpose it was proposed would be a “gross waste of scare resources and misplacement of priorities”.

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Speaking during the one-day seminar organised by the sports writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT chapter at Abuja, Dare said that spending sacre resources to fix sporting infrastructure was more important than spending such an amount to cut the grass around the moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja.

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According to him, tell ministry approached the Abuja Environmental protection Board (AEPB) for assessment in the stadium which was built In 2003 with N53billion on a 29 hectares (72acres) of land. ” 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 N360m.

“If we tell Nigerians we used N360m 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 infrastructure” he said.

The moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja which sists on a 43- hectare of land needed government attention for many years until the minister convinced business mogul Alhaji Aliko Dangote to rehabilitate it. Work is on – going and is expected to be xompcompl early next year.