Pitch Littered With Rubbish |
Adidas
Field Turns Dirty Hub
Adidas is an ancient field located adjacent
Tolu Schools’ Complex at Olodi-Apapa, Ajegunle Lagos. This field is blessed
with white sand that is good for playing. It constitutes about ten different
portions of various sizes. There are initially three monkey-pose fields, which
are now cut to two in which one is being threatened. There are also two
standard pitches, one at the entrance and the other in front of Oluwa/Ojoku
Secondary Schools.
Adidas with Ajegunle
has produced unnumbered stars that are all over the world. Notably among them is Super Eagles and Chinese
based duo of Odion Ighalo and Brown Ideye. Others are Dare Ojo, Harrison
Ibukun, Micheal Ochie, Godwin Aguda, Omoboy Ebesua, Olatuga Ojembe, to mention
a few. They are mainly based abroad but with handful of them in the Nigeria
Professional Football League. So, whenever a player is said to have emanated
from ‘AJ’ as it is fondly called, Adidas field should firstly come to your
mind. Other fields in Ajegunle are Maracana and Navy fields.
However, the current
horror face of the said ground is alarming, disgraceful, and disappointing.
Adidas is gradually becoming a rubbish hub cum a residential site. Some group
of ‘Area Boys’ are now confidently and with great temerity selling government’s
property to individuals to build residential homes and churches. A resource that
belongs to the whole society has been hijacked by some few individuals to make
personal gains. They also collect money from Maisharas (dirty disposers using cart) to dump their rubbish on the
football field.
I
hereby call on the government of Lagos State, headed by Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode to look into this matter. It is obviously a means to deny potentials the
right to exhibit and build on their talents and to discourage sport men and women as the
place is now irritating, stinks and disgusting. We are very aware of the economic,
social and security importance of sport. Ajegunle community would be very
grateful if you can transform Adidas Field to a standard stadium like we have
in Agege.
Pictures From Adidas Field:
Refuse Around The Post |
Rubbish Mixed With Sand |
Rubbish Cart Coming In |
Refuse That Covered a Whole Pitch |
Players Pushing Rubbish Away To Have a Pitch to Play |
Extinct Pitch |
Houses on Pitch |
Rubbish Encroaches Pitch |
Hazardous to Children |
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