Nigeria last hosted a global football tournament back in 2009, which was the U-17 FIFA World Cup with Switzerland emerging as champions and Golden Eaglets taking the runner-up spot.
A former minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola, last December advocated for the country to bid to host the premium world football competition.
“It’s as simple, as you know coming back to the basis, we must have our stadia okay look at Port Harcourt- now we watched the CAF Cup,” he stated. He predicted that Nigeria would need up to 40 years to achieve the stability required for such an ambitious project.The 49-year-old underlined the importance of sporting facilities, arguing that conversations about sports are incomplete without sufficient stadiums and infrastructure.
The former goalkeeper emphasised the need for proactive steps in sports development, emphasizing the value of maintaining and nurturing sporting facilities.
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