Mallam Shehu Dikko, NSC Chairman has said that the NFF- FIFA hotel, which ground breaking was done on Tuesday will give birth to a sports city in Nigeria, reports www.totorinews.com
According to the former 2nd Vice President of NFF the gigantic building project which has already commenced is a step towards turning the FIFA goal project area at the MKO Abiola stadium in Abuja into a sports city that will drive the sports economy of Nigeria.
He emphasized that sports loving Nigerians must have a change of mindset in order for sports to thrive in the country.
“We need to change the mindset in our sports. At the moment, we are working and we have reached a concluding stage on how to take this hotel edifice and turn it to sports city,” Dikko said at the ground breaking event of the NFF- Hotel on Tuesday in Abuja.
He continued: ” What do we mean by sports city. It means there has to hotels, shopping malls, event centres, more pitches, conference halls, and even housing estate.
“So, it becomes clear what it is supppsed to be. This is what the vision is all about. This is project is coming at the right time,” he said.
Dikko, a trained Surveyor by profession, participated actively when the FIFA project was constructed at the package b, MKO Abiola stadium more than two decades ago.
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