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Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Saskay44(op): 11:22am On Oct 25, 2025

FIFA changed their Twitter header to the $1.2m stadium built by the NFF.

FIFA’s use of Kebbi stadium in banner sparks outrage, funding row

Global football body FIFA has stirred a storm of reactions across Nigeria after showcasing the Birnin Kebbi Stadium project in Kebbi State — a facility co-funded with the Nigeria Football Federation — on its official social media pages.

FIFA on Saturday used an image of the project, dating back to 2023, as the new profile banner on its official X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook accounts.

The image, showing a half-furnished stadium in Birnin Kebbi, quickly went viral.

Built under the FIFA Forward Programme, the stadium was meant to symbolise progress in grassroots football. But as the photo circulated online, fans flooded social media with outrage and speculation.

Some netizens interpreted FIFA’s post as a subtle jab at the NFF, following recent allegations of fund mismanagement.

The uproar comes just days after football critic Chinedu Mobike, via his official Instagram handle #c_mobike, on October 23, 2025, accused the NFF of squandering millions of dollars meant for infrastructure projects, including its twin project in Delta State.

Mobike, in his viral video, claimed that FIFA gave the NFF “1.2 million dollars for two stadiums” — one in Kebbi and another in Ugborodo, Delta State — which, he alleged, “till today did not see daylight.”

Comparing Nigeria’s FIFA-funded projects with those of other nations, Mobike alleged that while “other countries used the funds to truly develop football, Nigeria produced nothing to show.

“The NFF should sit up…There are no active projects promoting football or sports in Nigeria,” Mobike said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/fifas-use-of-kebbi-stadium-in-banner-sparks-outrage-funding-row/%3famp

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by aworatak: 12:02pm On Oct 25, 2025

I heard they built this substandard thing for 2 billion.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Jakarta: 12:13pm On Oct 25, 2025

Is this the $1.2m stadium or my eyes dazzling me? Maybe I'm dreaming.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Jokerman(m): 12:38pm On Oct 25, 2025

Jesus!!

Is this a stadium or a farm?

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Nobody: 12:44pm On Oct 25, 2025

It's really scary, and if the minister or NFF president is called out by the press, they'll resort to insults and bragging about their power. So shameful.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Kayberg: 12:55pm On Oct 25, 2025

😁😁😁
Nigeria… land of the great money wonder workers.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Natbrowny: 1:05pm On Oct 25, 2025

Jokerman:
Jesus!!

Is this a stadium or a farm?

A good place for animal ranching. Esp sheep and goats.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by ZombieDredd: 1:08pm On Oct 25, 2025

They need to share money na, that's why they won't utilize all the funds grin

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by U09ce: 1:11pm On Oct 25, 2025

I think it's in Kebbi

Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Emu4life(m): 1:13pm On Oct 25, 2025*

The environment looks very serene and beautiful. Don't mind relocating to this kind of environment to live a peaceful life

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by AndroBlaze: 1:24pm On Oct 25, 2025*

Emu4life:
The environment looks very serene and beautiful. Don't mind relocating to this kind of environment to leave a peaceful life

The environment is actually beautiful for football and players, but criminals, herdsmen and terrorists will have a field day harassing spectators/audience in our current reality.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by duduade(m): 1:27pm On Oct 25, 2025

Built by NFF

Maybe una no understand that the fact they uploaded it on their Twitter head is to mock us

What they don't know is that you can't shame the shameless 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by grandstar(m): 1:35pm On Oct 25, 2025*

N200m would have easily finished it.

This is just scandalous.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by nairalanda1(m): 1:37pm On Oct 25, 2025*

aworatak:
I heard they built this substandard thing for 2 billion.

Jakarta:
Is this the $1.2m stadium or my eyes dazzling me? Maybe I'm dreaming.

The pitch looks like a FIFA standard artifical football pitch which costs 530000 dollars to 1.3 million dollars.,,or 100000 dollars to 700000 dollars.(looking up 2 estimates on the web)

I suspect most of the money went to the pitch installation. Leaving limited money for the stands.

This is speculative, of course...until we see the actual costs breakdown. But that ain't an ordinary grass pitch...it would cost too much to maintain long term

Of course, corruption. But it is possible that some of the money went to foreign experts who installed the pitch..doubt any nigerian company can do that now.

(Uyo stadium cost 96 million dollars by the way)

N.B: I am not excusing any stealing or corruption, or denying that there was corruption in the project...abeg.

Modifed

It just crossed my mind that there was some under-the pitch drainage (no, not your drainage you know!), put in. Putting in a drainage system at 5 dollars per square foot, and noting that a soccer field is 81000 square feet...that's about 430000 dollars for drainage system

I also came across maintenance and replacement costs, which I will not include here for now.

MODIFIED 2

If you are quoting me to accuse me of defending evil

1.Post your evidence

2. I am not into politics, and regard all politicans, this government inclusive, as evil

3.I have done my research, do yours too.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by IGBOPROMISE1: 1:47pm On Oct 25, 2025

That’s more of a pitch than a stadium! But looking at the surrounding environment in the pic, i’d leave cynicism aside and rather see the benefits this pitch could bring to the area around it! When you’ve not had much in life or seen much gov’t presence in your village, this kind of thing would mean a lot!

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by opes: 1:58pm On Oct 25, 2025

I am not defending corruption, but can $1.2M build a stadium?

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by fuckingAyaya(m): 2:07pm On Oct 25, 2025

Maybe them wan dey rear cow there

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by NotOfThisWorld(f): 3:04pm On Oct 25, 2025

Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by franchasng: 3:59pm On Oct 25, 2025

Why is Fifa building power plant in Accra Ghana and blaming African CAF for this stadium when it's not even Tinubu that commissioned it? They should refund the contractor jareh, at least dollar is not high again, mstwwwww angry

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by femi4: 5:09pm On Oct 25, 2025

Why post it twice..you can't shame the shameless

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by symbianDON(m): 5:10pm On Oct 25, 2025

I hope it wasn't built according to 'cost by kilometer' grin

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by theophorus(m): 5:10pm On Oct 25, 2025

Better Nigerians cheesy

Dem run FIFA street but laslas sha Na Nigeria dem Disgrace cool

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by casualobserver: 5:11pm On Oct 25, 2025

SpencerForbes:
It's really scary, and if the minister or NFF president is called out by the press, they'll resort to insults and bragging about their power. So shameful.

Place the blame at the right place. NFF is independent of the ministry of sports and the govt. I think we were even banned at one time for govt interfering with the NFF.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by flexyrule(m): 5:12pm On Oct 25, 2025*

First off, a $600,000 stadium shouldn't be a priority in that community. But you know... Quota system..

Secondly, $600,000 for this facility is within an acceptable price range. Remember, it's not your average local project. The tuff, underground drainage and other construction would have to meet international standards.

Finally, I think Nigerians have a way of blowing things out of proportion and the population of our netizens isn't helping matters.

News article says $1.2m for two stadia, but I have been reading $1.2m for one stadium in Kebbi State.

Meanwhile... I doubt if FIFA put that image there to ridicule the project. Rather, I think it was put there to symbolize their progress in grassroots football.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Jughead29: 5:12pm On Oct 25, 2025

Sooner the field will turn grey, because harmatan is near

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by SwordBezalel: 5:13pm On Oct 25, 2025

It's a show of shame....

Nigeria has failed woefully.....

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Iran2025: 5:13pm On Oct 25, 2025

Where are the Tinubu and apc miscreants?

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by PHIPEX(m): 5:14pm On Oct 25, 2025

We are very corrupt as a country

The responsible minister will defend this and tell us "he is a professor for stadium construction in practice" his online pawns will also insult anyone that queries this lawn that looks like a farmland.

EFCC will pretend this news does not exist but c9ntinue to chase and extort from useless yahoo boys at midnights

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by floss(m): 5:14pm On Oct 25, 2025

In the beginning, I said it that the reason CORRUPTION/STEALING is first class citizen of Nigeria is because Nigerians from the head to the beggar on the street are thieves, including you reading this now.

The only difference between every Nigerian is LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, if an opportunity presents itself, you’ll realise you’re a bigger thief.

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by Chibuzoc(m): 5:14pm On Oct 25, 2025

Nigeria is the definition of a failed country

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Re: Checkout the $1.2m Stadium Built By The NFF Posted By FIFA by ayourbamie: 5:15pm On Oct 25, 2025

This could be a work in progress, Abi money don finish ni

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