As Asaba, the Delta state capital plays host to the National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022, Deltans have been charged to embrace the sports festival with positivity and all sorts. However, many Deltans seem to have a different concern, sports come and go, people and festivities too, but will our stadium survive past the feast?

The Stephen Keshi stadium formerly known as Asaba township stadium was started by the 1999-2007 James Ibori administration, but it took the 2015-2019 first term of governor Okowa to complete the project with funds running into billions of naira.
The project was commissioned in 2018 by Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and was put to use in that same year

However, few years after 2018 when Delta won the bid to host the 2022 national sports festival, the same administration who take credit for completing and commissioning the stadium, will embark on a renovation exercise running into billions of naira again. This is a stadium that was completed 4 years ago, why did it need major renovations in just 4 years?
How much money was spent for this 2nd renovation? Well it runs into billions of naira too

And this is exactly where concerns are raised for many people. In Delta state, almost every government infrastructure typically needs total renovation within few months of use or operation.
Roads are constructed and in 6 months they already need reconstruction, go to our rural communities and see public health centers completed 6 months ago. It’s almost as though we have it worse.
It’s not enough to say Deltans, celebrate the national sports festival while you have it. The big question is, what next after this use?
Major renovation 4 years after?
With 13% oil derivation fund?

A stadium that should be taken to a place like ISSELE Azagba or Ugbolu axis. The current location is too small and causes serious stress to the road users