According to FIFA (International Federation of Associated Football), Nigeria is not fit to host the Under-17 World Championship.
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, leading an inspection team to inspect all ten facilities across the country has released a statement saying: “I had been to Nigeria 21 times before and never before had I moved around like this."Technically speaking, only the Abuja and Ijebu-Ode stadiums are ready for the World Cup."
FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, leading an inspection team to inspect all ten facilities across the country has released a statement saying: “I had been to Nigeria 21 times before and never before had I moved around like this."Technically speaking, only the Abuja and Ijebu-Ode stadiums are ready for the World Cup."
''We have seen the facilities in all the bidding venues and we are not impressed with one or two of them because progress has not been made. In most venues, however, work is ongoing and I must say that the FIFA standard is very high; so Nigeria has to intensify preparations if its wants to host the U-17 World Cup'."
Basically what he’s saying is that if Nigeria doesn’t get its act together, FIFA is going to pull the plug on the project and not let them host the U-17 World Cup. That would do great damage to Nigeria’s already dismal economic state. All the revenue that went into the project already will have gone to waste. Nigeria at this point cannot afford to lose the income that host the Cup will bring.
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