The minister of youth and sports development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed this on Thursday’s evening when African richest man and busi- ness mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote visited the rehabilitated Stadium, adopted by him under the government ‘Adopt-a-Pitch Initiative.
He said the Confederation of Africa Football approved the stadium to host the return leg World Cup qualifier playoff between Super Eagles and Black Stars of Ghana in March after its officials had inspected the pitch few weeks ago.
He attributed the feat to Aliko Dangote commitment to invest in sports development, saying he has help in facilitating government efforts to return international football to the 60,000 capacity Stadium in the city of power, Abuja. Nigeria and Ghana finished top of their group in the second round of the CAF qualifying section, and along with the other eight group winners, qualified for the two- legged playoffs, which will determine Africa’s five representatives in Qatar.
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