Kwara Stadium main football pitch will be ready soon..... Kwara F A Supremo
..as fans shower encomiums on FA, AU Mustapha
Ayodeji Ismail
The Chairman of the Kwara Football Association, Mallam Abdullahi Idris Musa (Thuraya) has reassured the football fans in the state that the football pitch of the main bowl of the state stadium complex will be ready for use in no distant time.
Mallam Idris confirmed this in an exclusively interview with ace and CAF photo journalist, Abdul Momoh on Tuesday in Ilorin during an inspection visit to the pitch
Recall that the pitch is under rehabilitation as its artificial turf is being changed into natural grass so as to meet up with the global standard.
The reconstruction of the pitch has the state football club, Kwara United playing their home matches in Ibadan for the first stanza of the league in Ibadan and now in Akure of that current abridge season.
The Chairman therefore asserted positively that the football club will continue playing their matches on their home pitch from the beginning of next season.
"We are working seriously to ensure the pitch ready for use, you can see the first mowing was done this morning (yesterday) and this will continue in every 2 weeks. I can assure you that Kwara United will play their matches here next season" he said.
Meanwhile, football fans in the state have been showering encomiums on the state FA for the innovation while specially appreciating AU Mustapha who is the sponsor of the project.
Mr Olatunde Ibrahim in an interview said the pitch when completed will attract international matches and improve the economic activities of the state.
According to him, stakeholders, fans, traders will be very happy seeing activities resume at the stadium.

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