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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Youth and Sports, Bakary Y. Badjie, has said the second phase of Independence Stadium\u2019s renovation was not budgeted for in the 2024 Budget.<\/b><\/p>\n

He made this disclosure in an interview with the national broadcaster\u2019s multi-sports program.<\/p>\n

The sports ministry is apparently in a race against time to calibrate the national stadium to FIFA standards after the world\u2019s governing body recommended its renovation to be able to host international matches among others.<\/p>\n

He explained that though the government did not make any budgetary allocation for the second phase of the national stadium\u2019s renovation, it\u2019s committed to mobilizing funds for the project before Scorpions\u2019 next AFCON qualification round.<\/p>\n

The sports minister was upbeat that the renovation of the Independence Stadium will be completed at the beginning of next month, stressing that a chunk of the project was complete.<\/p>\n

On Gambia\u2019s preparation for the upcoming World Cup, minister Badjie said the Scorpions are set to fly to Saudi Arabia for a training camp upon which they will play an exhibition game at the Independence Stadium before their encounter with the Teranga Lions of Senegal.<\/p>\n

The sports minister pointed out that his ministry has yet to receive feedback from State-Owned Enterprises as regards its fund-raising drive. He disclosed that the Ministry has some cash generated from the last AFCON hosted in Cameroun.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Bakary Y. Badjie, has said the second phase of Independence Stadium\u2019s renovation was not budgeted for in the 2024 Budget. He made this disclosure in an interview with the national broadcaster\u2019s multi-sports program. The sports ministry is apparently in a race against time to calibrate the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-50266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nSports Min. Says Independence Stadium\u2019s Renovation Not Captured in 2024 Budget - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of Youth and Sports, Bakary Y. 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