Former Super Eagles Captain, Nwankwo Kanu has canvassed for better use of the newly-built Ilaji Stadium and Resort Centre, saying it has high standard facilities suitable for top sports activities and social events.
Speaking during a five-day visit to the Ilaji Soccer Academy located at Akanran, on the outskirts of Ibadan, Kanu praised the proprietor of the sports resort, Dotun Sanusi for contributing to the development of sports in Africa, especially the grassroots football.
Kanu, however, expressed deep concern over possible under-utilisation of the facilities and urged sports administrators to start staging state national events at the less development parts of the country.
He described Sanusi’s gesture as the appropriate ways soccer talents were scouted in serious football playing nations in Europe and South America. Read more