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.
Buhari Zulu Gambari Barakat Community Secondary School Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu Umar Gunu Abdulraheem Olesin Issa Memunat Moyosore Oladipo Akanmu Tolani Apaola Habeeb Saidu Tanke Flyover Bridge Shururat Olatinwo Saliu Ajibola Ajia Student Learning Support Helpline Agbarere Olokoba Face Masks Florence Saraki Moses Afolayan Cassava Growers\' Association Freshvine Nigeria Limited Erubu Oba Zubair Abubakar Suleiman Damilola Yusuf Osinbajo Babs Iwarere IFK Tope Daramola Aremu Bose Deborah Usman Yunusa Balogun-Ojomu Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye International Aviation College Abdulfatah Ahmed Ita-Nmo Market Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory Olatunde Oyeyiola Okanlawon Musa National Information Technology Development Agency Aliyu Alhassan Oloyede Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim Aso Ofi Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa Communication Network Support Services Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria Council Of The Wise Saad Belgore Baba Idris Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Ayeyemi Sulaiman Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo Sulyman Buhari Femi Oladiji Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development Toyin Falola Monthly Sanitation Orisun Igbomina Elerin Of Adanla Valsolar Consultoria Yemi Osinbajo Raymond Olaitan Fatima Abolore Jimoh Olabode Towoju Sango-UITH Road Segun Adeniyi Offa Descendants Union Ibrahim Abdullahi Saka Balikis Kehinde Kale Kawu Vasolar Shola Odetundun NaAllah Sulu Gambari Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi

