Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin, will be ready to host the upcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) in March, the contractor handling the reconstruction of the stadium has said.
Femi James, Site Engineer for the contractor, Peculiar Ultimate Consult, told newsmen on Thursday in Benin that the reconstruction work had attained over 90 per cent completion.
He assured that the reconstructed facility would be delivered in time for the 20th National Sport Festival (NSF) to be hosted in Edo in March.
According to him, Edo will have a brand new stadium with modern sporting facilities aside football when completed.
He said the reconstruction work that had seen the entire stadium complex transformed, had between 100 to 150 construction workers working on a daily basis.
“We have a new 4-in-1 Tennis Court and spectator stand. We had to pull down what we have here before and reconstruct. This new one is now four times of what was pulled down here.
“Fitted along with the new tennis court is a new two-storey secretariat; what was there before as secretariat was a makeshift structure.
Another interesting thing is that we have built a new Squash Court and spectator stand with a befitting secretariat to go with.
“We also have a brand new single lawn tennis court for finals with spectators stand.
“We also built, though attached to the main bowl, weightlifting and para lifting hall. What we had there before was also a makeshift one.
“Presently, we are building a new gymnasium hall for Weightlifting, Kickboxing and Boxing,” he said
