Contractors handling rehabilitation works at the National Stadium, Lagos say their inability to meet the previous May completion and handing over deadline was due to late arrival of materials into the country. Our correspondent, who visited the stadium recently, noticed that the playing pitch had been landscaped, but the seeds for the grass were yet to be planted. Most of the materials for the tracks are all foreign-sourced and that caused a major delay in the delivery of the project,” our source said. However, the contractor on site George Ntiense said materials for the completion of the job had arrived, with “work expected to continue in earnest” ahead of the August deadline. The materials needed for the rehabilitation of the playing pitch and tartan tracks are ready, what is left is installing them,” Ntiense added.

Source: Punch April 28, 2021 23:15 UTC