Sports Commission, Kwara FA Disagree Over Pitch Maintenance Revenue
According to a news report from Daily Trust, a dispute has arisen between the chairman of the Kwara Sports Commission, Bola Magaji, and the chairman of the Kwara State Football Association (FA), Alhaji Idris Abdullahi Musa (Thuraya), over the alleged embezzlement of funds generated from the use of the Ilorin Township Stadium pitch by clubs.
The disagreement has resulted in the FA withdrawing from the maintenance of the grass pitch at the main bowl of the stadium complex in Ilorin.
Thuraya has accused the Commission under Mogaji of not remitting the funds collected for the pitch's use by clubs to the appropriate authorities.
According to him, “We cannot continue to make the facility conducive for use while some people are collecting revenue on it, and not remitting part of it to support the maintenance processes.”
He added that the commission is directing people to pay into personal accounts rather than the purse of the government or that of the state internal revenue service.
But speaking on the issue, Mogaji denied receiving money through his personal account or any other account.
He said “No money was paid to my personal account but N3 million was paid to the FA's account out of which N1 million was remitted to the account of the commission, the statutory body charged with managing and overseeing the stadium.
“Before we got the money, it took us two weeks, pursuing their officers. We were stone walled and it only came after we locked the stadium,” he added.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Rapheal Ashaolu Ilorin General Hospital Idofin High Court Musa Aibinu Jalala Kolade Solagberu Aisha Ahman Pategi Unilorin FM Kwara State University Of Education Raymond Olaitan Just Law Forum Gbenga Adebayo Funmilayo Zubair CACOVID Olajumoke Monsura Gafar National Association Of Nigerian Students Lanre Badmus Olatunde Jare Ibikunle Ogunleye Halidu Danbaba Deji Ajani Olatinwo Abdul-Rahoof Bello Air Peace Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Timothy Akangbe Umaru Saro Bello Oyebanji Kumbi Titiloye Saheed Alakoso Kunle Okeowo Awili Pedro Oniyangi Kwara Poly Odo-Owa Mahe Abdulkadir Kola Olota Kayode Bankole Bond Moshood Bakare Ijakadi Edu Mukhtar Shagaya NIPOGA Wakilin Mata Lafiagi LABTOP Kwara Liberation Group Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Okin Biscuits Hikmah AbdulKareem Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Issa Oloruntogun Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Niyi Osundare Lai Gobir Offa Metropolitan Club Amusement Park Umar Saro Suleman Abubakar Ajakaye Yusuf Arowosaye Tsaragi-Share Jaigbade Alao Pilgrims Board Abdulrasheed Lafia Saad Omo\'ya Afonja Descendants Union Maja Rabiu Kwankwaso Mohammed Halidu Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq Dunmade Oke-Ero Osuwa Kwara NIPR Sa\'adu Gambari

