Kogi Referees Council urges Gov Ododo to renovate Confluence Stadium
Referees in Kogi State have appealed to Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to urgently renovate the Confluence Stadium to attract more sporting activities to the state.
The appeal was made by the chairman of the Kogi State Referees Council, Baba Abel, during the association’s annual general meeting in Lokoja on Wednesday.
Abel, a retired FIFA referee, lamented the sorry state of the Confluence Stadium, built during the administration of the former Governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris.
“This is one of the biggest stadiums in Nigeria. Unfortunately, it is currently dilapidated. It is not a good thing for our teams, the Confluence Queen and Kogi United to be playing their home matches outside Kogi State because of the bad state of our stadium,” he stated.
The referee council chairman, who noted ...