The Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare has disclaimed reports
of plans to cut the grass at the National Stadium, Abuja with ₦81
million.
In a statement issued by the office of the Minister, titled,
‘Beware of Fake News: Minister Actually Rejected the N81 million
bill’, Mr. Dare restated his initial interview about the Stadium
maintenance.
“When we went to Abuja Environmental, for a one time
clearing, they gave us a bill of 81million. “If I tell Nigerians
that I have 81million and i used the money to clear the
National Stadium so that bush rats will be taken away
instead of using that money to bring back the high performance
centre, you will be the first people to attack me. It’s
opportunity cost, it’s tough, the fund is just not
there. “But we have made some efforts. But if you cut it during
raining season this week, next week it grows again, if you cut next
week it still grows. “The answer is we get this place
so busy that people can come in and use the facilities.
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “Also when we
have sports as business we would have facilities
manager, we can have sections that people can pay certain
fees. “With the revenue that comes in, we are going to
start an out door open walk hall of fame, one kilometre
stretch with 14 sporting legends to be put there.
We are going to have water parks. “It’s already
designed, we are just waiting for private funds. That can
generate for us about 150- 200 million every year. This is
not in our hands, but in private hands. “There is a vision in that
direction. But it is noted. We can’t do one hundred maintenance
of the grasses, but we will continue to do our best.
So hold your fire about looking for bush rats, we shall do
something about that.”
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