FG To Partially Open Lagos, Abuja Stadia Monday

The National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, as well as Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja will be partially opened for sporting activities from Monday, November 9, 2020.

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This was disclosed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.

The Ministry noted that from Monday, the Velodrome, tennis courts, practice pitches and practice tracks of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja will be opened from 7.00am to 5.00pm and it will be daily.
Recall that the stadium was closed as part of COVID-19 prevention protocols to stop the spread of virus.

Other facilities to be opened, according to the Department of Facilities in the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, are the handball, volleyball and basketball outdoors and indoor courts as well as the gymnasium hall.

The Ministry will also reopen some facilities at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos. These are the indoor sports hall, hockey pitch, tennis courts, swimming pool, Astro (legacy) pitch, squash court, para lifting gymnasium and anyone boxing gymnasium.

The facilities will all open from 7.00am to 5.00pm daily.

The main bowls of both stadia, which are undergoing rehabilitation, remain closed to the public.