Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has commended the contractors working on the NFF-FIFA Players’ hostel and new training pitches for the pace of work on the project.
Gusau, who was in the company of some members of the Federation during the site inspection, commended the pace of work at the site and expressed confidence that the contractors will be able to deliver on the 24-month mandate given for the completion of the project.
“I am happy with the pace of the work, the seriousness shown so far by the contractors, and the quality of the work as seen so far. They have a 24-month mandate to deliver, and at the pace they are going, they should be able to complete the players’ hostel and the training pitches on or before that timeline.
“I am also impressed with the quality of work. For the present NFF administration, it is a legacy project, and it is very close to our hearts. I am also happy that the project is located close to the office, where members of the NFF Executive Committee, are whenever any of them are in Abuja; I and the NFF management and staff can easily monitor what is being done.
“We need the report of what has been done so far, alongside photographs, for us to send to FIFA so that they know how far the project has gone,” Gusau told the project lead architect, Gambo Ahmadu.
It will be recalled that at only the second meeting of the present NFF Executive Committee, Gusau tabled the proposal for this legacy project to his colleagues, and it was unanimously endorsed that the NFF’s residual funds from the FIFA 2.0 and the proposed funds from then incipient FIFA 3.0 be utilised for the construction of a befitting hostel accommodation for the national teams and the construction of two football pitches, one natural turf and one synthetic turf, for use by the teams at the Goal Project section of the Package B of MKO Abiola National Stadium.
With Gusau at the inspection were NFF’s Director of Communications, Dr Ademola Olajire; Deputy Director of Competitions, Dr Ayo Abdulrahaman; AD Protocol, Emmanuel Ayanbunmi and SA to President, Abubakar Danladi Umar.
Sporting Tribune recalls that the groundbreaking ceremony of the project was held on 18th March this year, with very important dignitaries in attendance.
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