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The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has said that the government needs N81 million to cut the grass that has taken over the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.

He made the revelation while speaking during a seminar organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria.

The minister said he had reached out to the Abuja Environmental Protection Board for an assessment of the stadium, which was built in 2003 with N53 billion on a 29 hectares (72 acres) of land, Daily Trust reports.

“We approached AEPB to come to see what can be done to clear the grass and weed in the stadium and they told us it would cost us N81m.

“If we tell Nigerians we used N81m which is not even available; there will be an outcry. The funds are not there for us, and that is why we are partnering with private investors to bring back the key components of our infrastructures,” he said.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/29/we-need-n81-million-cut-abuja-stadium-grass-says-sports-minister-dare

Only In Nigeria !!!

owo for the boys ,the grass is synthetic so they'll need sophisticated machines which will be imported from Cuba on express to cut the grass

This is another one? Give aboki N100k, they will clear every grass there to the root.

E bi like say, corruption nor dey shame for dis Buhari govt.

Onye oshi Ole Kpalawo Thief

.Sometin dey worry una, park all the cows in Abuja and go to the stadium let them eat the grass.

These people sef

berrystunn:

APC

It's not just APC. PDP did the same. But this APC with their anti-corruption claim is even as corrupt as PDP.

They don't even bother to try and conceal the corruption anymore.

Oh!! not again

Very cheap. The stadium is three times larger than the primary school in Borno where N236m was used to clear grass.

The Sports Minister is a prudent manager of state resources.

All these, #OnlyInBuhariGovt

viviangist:
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has said that the government needs N81 million to cut the grass that has taken over the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.

He made the revelation while speaking during a seminar organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria.

The minister said he had reached out to the Abuja Environmental Protection Board for an assessment of the stadium, which was built in 2003 with N53 billion on a 29 hectares (72 acres) of land, Daily Trust reports.

“We approached AEPB to come to see what can be done to clear the grass and weed in the stadium and they told us it would cost us N81m.

“If we tell Nigerians we used N81m which is not even available; there will be an outcry. The funds are not there for us, and that is why we are partnering with private investors to bring back the key components of our infrastructures,” he said.

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/29/we-need-n81-million-cut-abuja-stadium-grass-says-sports-minister-dare

CC; lalasticlala

Another theif parading as minister. Twenty aboki youths can cut that grass at the rate of 1k each making it 20k. If he wants to use mowers, five guys can also do it and it will cost less than 50k.

So what does this idiot want to do with 81 million naira??

God punish you there, rogue!!!

Ordinary grass wey my students in secondary school can cut for free. All they need are sharp cutlasses.

and you call yourself child of God

To be frank if I'm a human resources manager of any firm I'll consider hiring a man like this. He has proven to be a prudent minister unlike one Lawal who found himself enmeshed in a N500m grass-cutting scandal.

This country na better cruise

What a wasteful country. Everything must be expensive because everyone wants a cut of the deal. The contract might end up being done for N10m by the fourth hand contractor.

80m to cut grass inside stadium honorable minister
Just give me 10m I will mobilize 10 abokis to do the job in 3 hours....

Mheen!

yeah, the cutlasses, tractors, or what have you are probably made of diamond and gold

Another one lol


It seems they have legalize Corruption in this country



IT JUST IN MY HEAD THO

give me the contract I will cut it for half of that amount!

What manner of stadium?

Hmmmm...that may be too much Sir.



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Just gimme 10m,and the job is done. Just siphoning money upandan

Another one

Inflated requisition as usual

mad man.
this is one of the instance where I have issues with Buhari, this type should have been shown the door soon after this statement.
use 81 million to cut grass, rocky grass, carnivorous plant, monstrous plant, amadioha plant or which?

Some lies can make someone faint oo
This is too much

That's too CHEAP.
Why not allow HERDSMEN to keep grazing on it till it becomes a Football Pitch..?