FIFA VISIT:ABUJA NATIONAL STADIUM GETS A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Visiting FIFA
delegation to Nigeria has scored the Abuja
National Stadium high. Preparatory to the 2009 FIFA under 17 world c up in Nigeria, the head of the
delegation Jack Warner said he saw more than the seventh wonder of the world. Words from Jack Warner, FIFA vice president, who is head of delegation on inspection of sports and other facilities in Nigeria, preparatory to the 2009 FIFA under 17 World Cup. If these words were sweet to hear Warner was also quick to inform the local organizing
committee, Nigeria 2009 that Facilities are not all that matters, but the committee will also score a pass mark if attention is given to the teams preparation ahead of its defence of the trophy, won in Korea last year. Chairman of the local organizing committee Sani Lulu, who was an inch near Warner when he made the remark said, the football governing body should be rest assured of Golden Eaglets performers at the Championships The delegation inspected facilities in Enugu, Calabar, Warri, Port-Harcourt, Bauchi, and Kano before arriving in Abuja, they are expected to round off their tour in Lagos on Wednesday.