Akwa Ibom gov approves new stadium for Eket

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has approved the construction of a 10,000-seater stadium in  Eket  town  in Eket Local Government Area of the state.

The Commissioner for Sport, Mr. Monday Ukoh, who inspected the old Eket Stadium on Wednesday, said the new facility would be completed before the end of May 2018.

Ukoh told reporters  that the  stadium would have tartan tracks and  a practice pitch.

According to him, the facility when completed, will  offer the residents of the city an opportunity to watch top flight football.

The commissioner said, “We are not going to inherit anything from the old stadium. Everything here will give way for a brand new stadium which by the grace of God will be completed before the end of May 29, 2018.

“We are going to construct a stadium that will take  at least 10,000 spectators,  and going by the enthusiasm and quality that the governor attaches to his projects,  the stadium should be able to attract international matches.”

On the move to develop athletes,  who excelled at the last state youth games, Ukoh said the athletes would represent the state in the forthcoming National Youth Games in  Ilorin, Kwara State.

Our correspondent learnt  that Eket Stadium was constructed by the Eket LGA in 1994 and hosted  Mobil Pegasus FC’s’ home games. But it has since been abandoned  after the  organisers of the Mobil Secondary School Athletics Competition moved the event  to the  Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.

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Akwa Ibom gov approves new stadium for Eket

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