U-20 Women’s World Cup Bid: FIFA tasks Nigeria on security, others

Federation of International Football (FIFA) has given Nigeria conditions to host next year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup.

This was disclosed by the sports minister, Sunday Dare who said all hands were on deck to ensure the country meets the conditions.

“We have been in constant touch with the FIFA team, they were here sometimes in August we hope they will return soon. We are looking at a single city hosting, likely going to be Lagos. But let me also say this NFF and the Ministry have been reviewing some of the requirements that FIFA needs for us to have in place, eleven practice pitches, two major stadia and of course a few other requirements – medical facilities, security, network and all of that.

“We are reviewing it, we are looking at it, within the space of time that we have. At some point, we will be able to communicate with FIFA. We are going to be very realistic. We have between now and January to meet up with everything they require. We will look at it within the limit of time and our resources, and then we can both reach a joint decision with FIFA to say will Nigeria be ready at that point in time. It goes beyond being given the rights. We must also have the facilities up and running,” Dare told journalist while on a tour of the MKO Abiola Stadium.

Many thanks to Dangote Industries and indeed Alhaji Aliko Dangote for partnering with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to restore the football pitch and score board of the Moshood Abiola National stadium. Our Adopt-A-Pitch Campaign program is on course. pic.twitter.com/6N8quFf7DQ

— Sunday Dare (@SundayDareSD) November 7, 2019

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Nigeria has uptill January 2020 to meet the deadline.