Kwara to Renovate 47-Year Sports Hall with N2bn
The Kwara State Government is set to renovate the indoor sports hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06bn to make it an ultra-modern sports facility.
The sports hall was constructed under the administration of Brigadier-General Agbazika Innih (retd.) in 1977.
Speaking with sports writers in Ilorin on Wednesday, the chairman of the state's sports commission, Bola Magaji, said previous administrations in the state had neglected the indoor sports hall, adding that it led to its decadence.
Magaji, who said that Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was determined to bring the stadium back to its pride, added that the renovation of the indoor sports hall would be completed in 12 months.
“Due to lack of maintenance, reptiles were even attacking some of our athletes. However, the sports hall will be much better than before when fully renovated. There will be many innovations; it will become a centre of tourism because local and international tournaments will be held in there.
“There will be increase in sales among business outlets and offices in the stadium while hotels in the state capital and surroundings will get improved patronage because athletes will converge on the state anytime sports events are organised inside the hall.”
Magaji, added that the target of the state government in sports development was to take youths out of the streets and make them better citizens.
“The target is not aimed at financial gains or rewards really, but to make the youths shun drugs and hooliganism and be more useful to the state and themselves.”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Alabe Kawu Crystal Corner Shops Henry Olaosebikan Akume Mahmud Babatunde Baker Congress For National Consensus Owode Market Adebayo Salami Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Babajide Ajayi Musa Yeketi Transition Implementation Committee Hikmah AbdulKareem Alfa Yahaya Road GRA Tunde Oyawoye Bola Shagaya Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed Patigi Regatta Yakubu Danladi Mahe Abdulkadir Rabiu Kwankwaso Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise Amina El-Imam Salmon Babatunde Salmon Abdulmutalib Shittu Agboola Abdulraheem Kwara NIPR Muftau Akanbi Oke Local Government Pension Board Wahab Issa Aliyu Kora Sabi National Union Of Road Transport Workers Abdullahi G. Mohammad Mohammed Yahaya Barki Sheikh Ridhwanullah Saka Aleshinloye Umaru Saro Issa Manzuma Ahmad Ali Ajike People Support Centre Sulaiman Gado Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu Modibo Kawu Aremu Odolaye Baakini Maryam A. Garuba Bello Oyedepo Abiodun Abdulkareem Ilorin West Matthew Babaoye Borgu Ganiyu Abolarin Otuka Academic Staff Union Of Universities Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Yahaya Dumoye Ishola Abdullahi Afolabi-Oshatimehin ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Deji Ajani Vishvas KOZ Tractors Y.A. Abdulkareem Radio Kwara John Kehinde Salako Bolaji Abdullahi Share Hakeem Idris Charcoal Saidu Isa Abdulfatai Ahmed John Dara Ajuloopin Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency

