Tonobok Okowa, the Chairman of Delta Sports Commission, says the state will be delighted to continuously have the Super Eagles play their matches in Asaba.
Okowa told Newsmen Thursday in Asaba that the team’s handlers seemed comfortable with the Delta capital city’s hosting capabilities and facilities.
“The state government has not influenced it in any way.
“The choice of Asaba by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) may be out of the fact that the state has successfully hosted other international matches and that the facilities are good.
“The state government has not really done any form of pushing to continue to host the matches in Asaba, but if the state has the option, it will grab it.
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“We want to keep bringing them (the Eagles) back because we want to always put the stadium into use and our people love to have them here,’’ he said.
The Delta sports official pointed out that Asaba…
