Former vice chairman of Kwara United Football club and a former board member of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), the chairman organising committee, also the chairman marketing and sponsorship committee of the board, Alhaji AbdulRazaq Owolabi Wopa has heap praise on the Kwara State Government for their decision to turn the astro turf of the main bowl of the Kwara State Stadium Complex to a natural grass.
The seasoned Football Administrator and a match commissioner stated that having the Kwara State stadium Complex regrassed will be a plus for North centra as there’re no natura grass within the North Central, he also added that it will also improve the state economy of Kwara State.
“I want to thank the Executive Governor of Kwara State AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for this beautiful initiative”, He told journalists on Tuesday.
“There’re no natural grass within North Central and it has affected us not to have any international matches in the North central. For Kwara state Government to deem it fit to turn the astro turf to natural grass i think it will be a big plus for us.
“It will help us in Kwara State and it will help our economy because having a natural grass will leave the NFF with an option of bringing International matches to Kwara”, He added.
Speaking ahead of Kwara United’s CAF confederations cup first preliminary round tie against AS Douanes of Niger Alhaji Owolabi believed that the team have the squad to beat their counterparts from Niger and progress to the second phase.
“As an experience administrator and a former vice chairman of Kwara United all I need to do is to pray for the team to succeed because in terms of playing the best club don’t always have it and that is the Nigeria factor but with the team I saw that lined up against Remo Stars I think they have a good team to go far”, He concluded.
