EXCLUSIVE : NFF To Build Team Hotels, Stadiums With FIFA Funds - Gusau

EXCLUSIVE : NFF To Build Team Hotels, Stadiums With FIFA Funds - Gusau

Emmanuel Chinedu 

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, has revealed the project that the federation will embark with the FIFA funds, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

Gusau also expressed that the country's apex football body is very keen on the judicious use of funds in the administration of the game in the country and it is very important to reduce cost, especially in the accommodation of players of the national teams, while camping in the country.

To this effect, FIFA Forward support fund will be deployed to the building of hostel accommodation and other infrastructures within the Package B complex of the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. The project will commence next year.

"By this time next year, Gusau said. 

"We hope we have started and made some good progress in the building of our hostel accommodation for players and officials of the national teams through our FIFA Forward support fund."

NFF will have the provision of the next phase of support of FIFA in the FIFA Forward 3.0. If you remember, I tried to make this known, that I am going to use that opportunity to build infrastructures like hostel accommodation."

While the project for the building hostel accommodation for the national teams, Gusau also explained that infrastructures will be upgraded regarding football pitches at the MKO Abiola Stadium.

" As well as you see, we have only that pitch, the FIFA goal project pitch that is even a little bit downgraded, " the NFF President explained.

" So, I think it is a high time for us to have a new pitch, both artificial and natural pitches for the Super Eagles and other teams. So, that is what we intend to do with our FIFA Forward support."

"There is a significant purpose on it, all that is required from us from FIFA, we will try to showforth the documents and our plans. We are going to commence very soon and everyone can monitor the progress.

“By this time next year, we hope to see a lot of progress from the project. It will be very easy for monitoring because it’s going to happen here. So, you can come anytime and see what is going on,” he concludes.