Enyimba Stadium to be ready soon

… Abia releases 1m euros to contractors.

The Abia state says in the course of modernising the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba, it will demolish all shanties in the name of shops defacing the front and the road leading to the stadium.

Chinwe Nwanganga, the state commissioner for Sports, disclosed this at Enyimba Stadium while conducting newsmen around to assess the progress of work so far done in the modernisation of the stadium by the state government.

“It is the desire of the government that the most successful club in Nigeria comes back to its home base instead of using Calabar. It is sad that numerous Enyimba fans have been missing the club because using another place for their home matches. We know how central the stadium is and cannot be relocated elsewhere, that is why government wants to modify the stadium” said Nwanganga.

The commissioner boasted that when on the stadium was completed it would one of the best 21st century stadia and regretted that state had lost a lot of revenue because Enyimba playing their home matches outside Aba.

Nwanganga also disclosed that contract for the construction of toilets had been awarded while plans to build multi storey car Park had been concluded.

“We should have Enyimba that is self-sustaining. Shops will be established where sports wares and facilities can be purchased” said the Commissioner.

Ebi E. Egbe, the Managing Director and chief Executive officer of Moni michelle spots Facility Construction Limited, the contractors handling the renovation of the stadium while briefing newsmen on work so far done in the stadium said that the little delay in the job was as a result of the economy leading hike of prices of materials.

“We have completed survey. We are doing internal works to ensure that Enyimba returns to base” he promised.

Egbe assured Abians that he would not disappoint in delivering the job very soon adding that materials for job would arrive in the next two weeks.

He hinted that state government had released 1million Euros (N500,000,000.00) to his organization and promised that in eight weeks time the pitch would be ready.

“When Enyimba comes back home, Africans will appreciate the pitch. I am here to bring the best pitch not only in Abia but the whole Africa. The pitch will be like that of Man city and Arsenal.” He enthused.

 

 UDOKA AGWU, UMUAHIA