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the most confused minister in our life time

We must not critisize every move simply because we do not like the current govt
This is a step in the right direction

hmm

zanebaddo:
I so much love buhari.. Infact im planning to covert to a muslim because of buhari. . I have never seen such a leader. .. he is what every country in this world needs as their president.. Buhari has to rule nigeria against all odds come 2019.. Nobody can do it better.

You are nothing but a fool!

positive change in your face/s


Bad State Of Lagos National Stadium, Surulere. PICS. - Politics - Nairaland

On Sep 18, 2013

https://www.nairaland.com/1443529/bad-state-lagos-national-stadium

Chukazu:
the most confused minister in our life time

The minister is not the one who is confused but you, because you have no idea of what is been discussed.
All the stadiums used for the premier league go search for who own them and who operates them.
Go to the U.S stadiums and sporting teams and find out

DeRay98:
The minister is not the one who is confused but you, because you have no idea of what is been discussed.
All the stadiums used for the premier league go search for who own them and who operates them.
Go to the U.S stadiums and sporting teams and find out

We can argue but it won't take us anywhere.
what I posited is not just based on stadium concessioning, but the overall performance of the minister which has been the most abysmal of any minister, little to mention the charade that pervaded our outing at the RIO OLYMPICS.

This is not a big deal. Many countries who host olympics also struggle to put their stadia to good use. I've been to Barcelona and visited the Olympic stadium there. It's also underutilized.


Left to me If I could get hold of the surulere stadium complex, I'd build a mall and amusement park there, demolish the main bowl, build a smaller dedicated soccer stadium, keep the tennis, swimming, indoor courts, build smaller Futsal pitches (like 4) and rent those out as club membership for the middle class of surulere to have a place to keep fit in the evenings and on weekends while members of sport associations would be eligible to use during the day when most people are at work. The Lagos state stadium across the road can suffice for track events.

ednut1:
I remember it was in d papers around 2003, Amos Adamu suggested d national stadium be transferred or sold to private investors. he was lambasted and abused. 13 years later we are considering it chai. we deserve our predicaments in this country

That is part of Nigerian life for you, reasoning subdued by emotion in this case nostalgia. The national stadium lagos is in such a poor state that the football pitch in nearby teslim balogun stadium is considered much better. The national stadium is supposed to be the major traning zone for many olympic sports but it is in bad shape. But to suggest real and concrete steps towards rehabilitation or recovery will lead to backlash, I do not really support privatization but I recognize the reasoning behind it. I am okay with privatizating the football stadium but the one in Lagos has other facilities like wrestling, basketball and swimming. Probably a poor choice to build a multipurpose stadium and leave it to disuse.

Kbels:
You are nothing but a fool!

your inability to recognize sacarsm completely explains who you are.. I dont trade words on nairaland, the last time i checked cursing does not add a dime to my empty account in first bank.

obiremy:
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, on Tuesday in Abuja, said arrangements had been concluded to engage private sector in the management of Abuja and Lagos national stadia.

The minister, who made this known while fielding questions from State House correspondents, said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the concession of the stadia in 2012.

He said that the concession of the facilities had become necessary in view of the fact that government could not sustain their maintenance, in addition to the fact that the Abuja stadium was being under utilised.

He added that “I agree that there is under utilisation of sports facilities in Abuja. That has taken us to the issue of concession.

“The facilities cannot be managed effectively by government, looking at the budgetary allocation for even the maintenance.

“Government cannot maintain those facilities. So what we intend to do is to proceed with the concession process which we met on ground. FEC in 2012 had approved concession of Abuja and Lagos stadia.’’

The minister explained that the Federal Government had appointed consultants for the concession arrangements of the facilities.

According to him, the ministry is at the stage of getting the approval of Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE).

He said, “from there, we can now proceed to call for bids and engage the private sector so that we can run the concession arrangement with them.”

He further disclosed that the ministry had received the design on the proposed ‎transformation of the Abuja and Lagos stadia.

Dalung said that the proposal included the creation of artificial lake in the Abuja stadium that would provide for 12 water sports and the building of a five-star hotel in Abuja.

He said that similar five-star hotel would be constructed at the national stadium in Lagos.

The minister added that “once these two edifices are put into proper shape, sports in Nigerian will receive a boost and our economic status will be uplifted because we will begin to see more foreign athletes coming in.’’

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/10/fg-hand-over-management-of-abuja-lagos.html

Very good.they should also not forget to let the British re - colonise Nigeria. He looks like a gate man.

Kbels:
You are nothing but a fool!

passyhansome:
JUST NEGODU

Why the insult? does he not have right to his or her own opinion? should i call you a foolz for your own opinion? what exactly is wrong with Nigerians? in person, do you know if he's capable of giving birth to you 3x over?

When did our morale jump the gun?

freshcvvs:
[s]Why the insult? does he not have right to his or her own opinion? should i call you a foolz for your own opinion? what exactly is wrong with Nigerians? in person, do you know if he's capable of giving birth to you 3x over?

When did our morale jump the gun?[/s]

Where was the insults if I may ask, you should have asked someone the meaning of NEGODU before jumping to insult me, anyway I pardon your Ignorance, go and sin no more

ordinary stadium the federal government can't manage, is it the refineries, airports,seaports.... et cetera that they would manage? confused sets of leaders we have at our disposal. God help Nigerians

Chukazu:
We can argue but it won't take us anywhere.
what I posited is not just based on stadium concessioning, but the overall performance of the minister which has been the most abysmal of any minister, little to mention the charade that pervaded our outing at the RIO OLYMPICS.

The thread was not on his well-known abysmal performance but on the decision about stadia concessioning.
He didn't make that decision but his predecessors did and he is going to implement it and is a step in the right direction.

passyhansome:
Where was the insults if I may ask, you should have asked someone the meaning of NEGODU before jumping to insult me, anyway I pardon your Ignorance, go and sin no more

Small boy.

freshcvvs:
Small boy.

Big Boy

DeRay98:
The thread was not on his well-known abysmal performance but on the decision about stadia concessioning.
He didn't make that decision but his predecessors did and he is going to implement it and is a step in the right direction.

for now, it is still paper theory, nothing to be excited for yet.

[quote author=kjhova post=49973125]The comments should not even be about the right or wrong of selling the two stadiums but rather about the workability of the plan.

The critical issue I observe here is the possible inability of the government to find buyers at acceptable price. Put yourself in the position of the probable buyer and the following questions will come to mind;

a) How much should I pay for this facility.
b) How much will the maintenance cost annually?
c) What sporting competitions can generate enough funds to cover the cost of acquisition and keep the facility profitable going forward?

The reason why government find it dificult to maintain this stadiums will be the same reason why most potential buyers will stay clear unless the purchase deal permits the buyers to convert the facilities to non-sporting commercial structures (e.g. If I buy the National Stadium at Surulere, Lagos for N8.5B, I will rather convert the main bowl to a ground for social & religious rallies rather than reno