The federal government has earmarked N143m for the renovation of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan.
This was contained in the 2022 budget for the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, led Sunday Dare.
The budget breakdown showed that N35m would be spent on repairing the swimming pool.
Other projects in the budget include:
Repair of the roof structure and roof covering of the mainbowl – N10m
General running and routine maintenance cost (changing of entrance gate, mainbowl toilets, degrassing, vegetation control) – N30m
Reconstruction of the collapsed portion of the perimeter fence wall and overlay of internal paths and driveway – N10m.
Provision of natural playing turf, reconstruction of athletes running tracks and rehabilitation of functional equipment at mainbowl – N48m
General maintenance of the stadium – N10m
