{"id":84352,"date":"2025-08-19T19:45:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:01:52","slug":"govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading","title":{"rendered":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s hybrid pitch, following recent public discussions around the project.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The NSC acknowledges an ongoing process to hire a foreign company through a subcontractor arrangement that meets requirements of our procurement laws to assist in upgrading and maintain the pitch. The NSC however emphasises that the hybrid pitch installed at the beginning of the stadium remodeling remains in place and has never been removed, nor is the foreign company going to re-install a new pitch, as has been speculated. Their mandate focuses on:<\/p>\n<p>1. Supplying specialised maintenance equipment which are not available in the country.<\/p>\n<p>2. Rehabilitating the existing pitch, treating fungal infections, and correcting uneven surfaces (conditions that were as a result of lack of proper equipment and skilled personnel to carry our required routine functions as would be of a hybrid pitch).<\/p>\n<p>3. Training local staff on proper pitch upkeep techniques, including operation of the new machinery.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor, upon completing the above primary assignment, will remain in The Gambia for two months to ensure full knowledge transfer and capacity building among local staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NSC acknowledges past challenges in pitch maintenance and the Ministry has introduced robust measures to prevent similar issues in the future,\u201d said NSC Communications and PR Manager, Sara Camara. \u201cBy prioritising equipment procurement and staff training, we aim to ensure sustainable, long-term care of the pitch without reliance on external expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s hybrid pitch, following recent public discussions around the project. The NSC acknowledges an ongoing process to hire a foreign company through a subcontractor arrangement that meets requirements of our procurement laws to assist in upgrading and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s h ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s h ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T19:45:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T20:01:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-19T19:45:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-19T20:01:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\"},\"wordCount\":261,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\",\"name\":\"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-19T19:45:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-19T20:01:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s h ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING - Gambia","description":"The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s h ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING","og_description":"The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s h ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-08-19T19:45:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-19T20:01:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING","datePublished":"2025-08-19T19:45:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-19T20:01:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading"},"wordCount":261,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg","keywords":["Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading","name":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-19T19:45:56+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-19T20:01:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The National Sports Council (NSC) wishes to provide clarifications regarding the planned upgrading of the Stadium\u2019s h ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621034.276473.jpg","width":960,"height":540,"caption":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/govt-gives-updates-on-stadium-pitch-upgrading#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"GOV\u2019T GIVES UPDATES ON STADIUM PITCH UPGRADING"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}