The Kwara State Government has spent a sum of N2 billion on the renovation of the Indoor Sports Hall of the George Innih Stadium complex in Ilorin, the state capital.

This figure was disclosed by the Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission, Coach Bola Magaji, during a facility tour of the stadium by the Correspondents Chapel of Kwara NUJ. He added that the government has also committed a huge overall investment to sports facilities over the last six years.

"This indoor sports hall alone has gulped over N2bn. Government has also invested in the football field, tennis court, squash court, etc. Not many sectors have enjoyed much support like sports from AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the last six years," Magaji said.

He praised the Governor's legacy, stating, "If he is not leaving any legacy but for what he has done here, it's a legacy that anybody who wants to beat it will have to work hard. Just like his predecessor Major George Innih. They were the one who built this place. I don't think there can be any government in Nigeria that can put this type of edifice again because of the cost."

He added: ?"The governor has done a lot for us here. Right from the road, the field, the buildings and the paintings. He did not only do that, a lot of our athletes have been sponsored to travel outside this country. There was a six year old boy from Offa who has done wonderfully well. You can imagine a six year old boy went to play Scrabble in Nigeria and he won among 180 other athletes. That's not going to be possible if not what the governor has done.

"We have among us as well that has gone to represent Nigeria in Cairo in squash. We have among us that has represented Nigeria in Olympics and won Olympic medal. It has not been so very easy before. That is the first medal in badminton in the whole Africa is coming from this state.

"The entire sports complex now supports at least 32 different sports, all housed within a single facility except golf. No stadium in Nigeria has all these in a single location."