CONTRACTORS handling the new secretariat of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have assured that it would deliver the two-storey edifice to the National Sports Commission (NSC) in June for onward handing over to the NFF, who are expected to move into the building before the end of June.

The Presidential Task Force on the Super Eagles qualification for the South Africa 2010 World Cup, headed by Rivers State Governor, and chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, initiated the project as its contribution to the development of football in the country.

The building was funded with the money the committee realised from its fund raised to ensure that Nigeria qualified for the first FIFA World Cup on an African soil.

Taking The Guardian round the new building, the site supervisors of Paul B PLC, Sadiq Salami and Edmond Nwogor, revealed that barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would take delivery of the new secretariat next month.   The building is located at the FIFA Technical Centre of the Abuja National Stadium, Package B.

The officers, who said the building when completed would contain 34 office outlets, four sub-committee rooms, one IT office, as well as, spacious offices for the federation’s President and the General Secretary, disclosed that over 90 per cent of the work at the building has been completed, adding that the firm would certainly complete all remaining jobs on time to avoid any delay in the proposed handover month of June.

“Well, as you can see, we are just in the maintenance stage. Every other construction has been completed and all things being equal, we will hand over the building to the federation in June or latest early July.

“The delivery of the contract was delayed by one month because of some unforeseen contingencies in the contract. But the good news is that we have sorted them out and would hand it over to the federation as I told you.

“We have 17 offices on the ground floor, the same on the first floor with a pent house serving as the office of the president. The office of the General Secretary is located on the first floor, just as there are also four sub-committee rooms in the complex. There is also one IT room on the ground floor,” he disclosed.