Representatives of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to inspect the designated stadiums Nigerian premier league clubs will use in continental football next season.
The stadiums to be inspected are those to be used by the quartet of Enyimba FC , Warri Wolves, Nasarawa United and Akwa United for the 2016 CAF Champions League and Confederation Cups.
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Enyimba and Warri Wolves would be involved in CAF Champions League after finishing in the top two while the duo of Nasarawa United and Akwa United will play in the Confederation Cup.
NFF general secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi disclosed that the NFF has constituted a four man committee, headed by the Director of competitions, Bola Oyedele, to help CAF in the inspection exercise.
Sanusi also noted that Enyimba and Nasarawa United have chosen to play at Port Harcourt and Abuja stadia respectively while Akwa United and Warri Wolves will play their home matches at their stadiums.
He also said only visit the Adokie Amasiemeka stadium in Port Harcourt and Warri township stadium will be inspected.
The Sun quotes him saying: “Based on our request for CAF to come and inspect our venues for the continental competitions, we have just received a letter today from the continental body, asking us to fix a date for the inspection team to come.
We already have a committee that is handling that and they will soon come up with a date for the team to arrive .
“The rules are very clear, all international competitions are supposed to be played at the capital city of the host country. If you must play outside the capital city, you must make the necessary arrangements to provide adequate security.
“Also, you must ensure that that the visiting team is provided with a chatter airline, if the venue of the match is going to be 200 kilometres outside the capital city. More importantly, the stadium must be ready.
“The reasons most of these clubs are not playing at home is because of the non readiness of their stadium and have none approval by CAF. So, we have made an appeal to CAF to come and inspect the stadiums that have been picked to host the competitions.
“When they do that and certify the stadiums, then they can play host to the CAF competitions. On our own side, we have to ensure that we provide venues that would guarantee a hitch free match for the clubs.
“Some of the stadiums that we listed for inspection are Warri and Port Harcourt. Nasarawa United have picked Abuja as venue following the none completion of renovation work going on at the Lafia Township stadium.
“Akwa United will play at the recently commissioned Nest of Champions stadium in Uyo which has all the necessary facilities required to host any international match,”Sanusi disclosed.
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