The Most Beautiful Stadium In Northern Nigeria Come 2023

The government of Niger has announced that it will complete the Minna new stadium that was abandoned before the expiration of the administration’s tenure in 2023.

Alhaji Adamu Aliyu, Principal Private Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger, disclosed the reports and said that that there was a need for the state to own a modern stadium of international standards.

Construction of Minna new stadium in Niger to be completed

The government of Niger has announced that it will complete the Minna new stadium that was abandoned before the expiration of the administration’s tenure in 2023.

Alhaji Adamu Aliyu, Principal Private Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger, disclosed the reports and said that that there was a need for the state to own a modern stadium of international standards.

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Minna new stadium

The stadium which is situated at Maikunkele is being constructed at a cost of US $6.6m. The immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, started the project in 2013 but could complete before the expiration of his tenure.

“We have been on this project for more than two years now, but because of the paucity of funds, we could not continue with the initial proposed stadium”, said Mr. Alhaji.

According to Alhaji Baba Sheshi, Director of Sports, Niger Ministry of Sports Development, the 15,000 capacity stadium has space for future expansion. The development contract was awarded to a Chinese firm, Sun Way Steel Building Company, based in Abuja.

The stadium will be constructed with more steel concentration and reinforced with concrete for best durability. It will be developed in three phases. The first phase will be the main bowl, the second phase will be for indoors and the third phase will be for hotels, which will be constructed by interested investors.

Why China Will Rule The World in 2025

Under the Clinton's Presidency, Chinese domination of the PHD programs in the US *became a national security issue.*

*They will research, defend and return to China and set business to rivals American business and effortus.*

Here is the result.

*"On Made In China 2025.*

On several occasions I run across these Chinese kids here in Georgia Tech, what surprises me is the type of courses they study.

*Almost all of them under Chinese government scholarship* here to study in *Americas best universities are studying courses that have to do with the future.*

They study artificial intelligence, systems science and engineering, and hard core courses for tommorows World, *their social lives are zero and they always hold sophisticated telephones.* _Very suprizing, but China is a country that thinks ahead and every Chinese is a potential suspect._

*Have you ever heard of the concept, made in China 2025?* It is Chinese Development blueprint that had sent fear around the world.

*It is meant to transform China from a labor intensive economy that makes toys, cloths, pharmaceutical to one that engineers advanced products like robots electric cars, and space explorations.*

The Chinese are believed to be the most determined species of the human race.

*Once they set their minds to achieve a goal nothing stops them.*

Earlier today, I listened to a commentary where the presenter clearly stated that the Chinese state would not mind stealing technology and intellectual property just to meet their goal.

I also read elsewhere, that *Chinese kids are sent in droves to study unique courses like artificial intelligence, information systems, system science, robotic engineering, systems engineering in American schools.* Surprisingly this is a deliberate state policy. *You never see a Chinese student on scholarship studying arts, social sciences or religion.*

What is most troubling is that they study these courses in America and United Kingdom top ivy leagues. *They are here on full state sponsored scholarships.*



While the economies of the world including the United States are exporting production distribution and exchange in an era of globalization, *China is pursuing an agenda of localizing production.*

*They promote a policy to get almost 70 percent of their production value chain domiciled locally.*

*This is very dangerous because in the future the entire world will answer to China in terms of production*.

*My concern with China is how can a country and a people get it so right? Always ahead of the rest.*

*Always scheming at a time our own kids are holidaying and eating barbecue in foreign restaurants.*

The more I study the Chinese, the more I fall in love with these guys. *They have leaders that think.*

*They have leaders that plan for tommorow* . *More interesting, even children as young as five years in China know in every transaction they have to eat up their opponents or be eaten.*

The big question: *Can we ever have a country built on values? Unfortunately* , this is our biggest handicap in Nigeria. *Our leaders think only of themselves. Selfish and greedy, and some of our young people think only of what they can scoop out of these greed.*

*Vision 2020 we planned, this is 2019, nothing to write home about. Even the government themselves are busy politicking and killing themselves with no regard to attain the goals of vision 2020. Open a discussion with a federal minister on how his ministry plans to meet the vision 2020 goals he has no idea what you are talking about.*

Our hospitals are still consulting clinics, women still give birth at home without medical support, our roads in disrepair, our schools abandoned *and our politicians clueless* .
_Is there hope for our country that we can ever plan and execute with precision like the Chinese?_

*Sometime I wonder, do we embrace the Chinese and be recolonized or do we continue to align with the west?*

*These young Chinese kids in Western schools studying robotics and artificial intelligence are the ones to compete with our own kids 20 years from now at a time our educational system and universities are dead and lecturers still going on strike.*

*I fear for my country and ours future, to be candid I fear! -* "

Interesting Facts you did not know about Ahmadu Bello

Sir AHMADU BELLO is still venerated by millions of Nigerians. The largest university in West Africa and the second largest in Africa is named after him while his picture is graciously perched on one of Nigeria's high currencies -the 200 naira note.

A descendant of UthmanDanFodio, who is still an idol to millions of Nigerians today. Though, millions of Nigerians, especially those from the South-East region (the Ibos) may still despise him.

 Has the Nigerian nation learnt anything from history? Why was he jailed? Oh, did you know he was born on a June 12? What were his achievements? Why do his people love him so much? Why has he generatedso much hatred in the minds of some others? Is there anything we can pick from history and make Nigeria great again?In few words, I will adumbrate what you may not know about Alhaji (Sir) Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of Northern Nigeria.First, let me share with you some of his quotes:“Nigeria: the ‘mistake of 1914′.”- .“The Ibos are more or less a type of people whose desire is mainly to dominate everybody. If they go to a village, or town, they want to monopolize everything in that area. If you put them in a labour camp as a labourer, within a year, they will try to emerge as the headman of that camp.”- Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria. 1957......................................................................................................................................"I will allow Sir Tafawa Balewa to go and become Prime Minister and lead the unbelievers of the South whilst I will stay in the North and lead the faithful."- Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria, 1960......................................................................................................................................“Here in the Northern Nigeria we have people of many different races, tribes and religions who are knit together to common history, common interest and common ideas; the things that unite us are stronger than the things that divide us. I always remind people of our firmly rooted policy of religious tolerance. We have no intention of favouring one religion at the expense of another. Subject to the overriding need to preserve law and order, it is our determination that everyone should have absolute liberty to practice his belief according to the dictates of his conscience…”- SirAhmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria.“I am not unaware that I have often been a controversial figure. I have been accused of lack of nationalism and political awareness because I considered that independence must wait until a country has the resources to support and make a success of independence. I have been accused of conservatism because I believe in retaining all that is good in our old traditions and customs and refusing to copy all aspects of other alien civilizations. I have been accused of many things, but the views of others have never made me deviate from the path which I am certain is the one which will benefit my people and country. I have always based my actions on my inward convictions, on my conscience and on the dictates of my religion”– Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria. "No, let us understand our differences. I am a Muslim and a Northerner. You are a Christian, an Easterner. By understanding our differences, we can build unity in our country.”- Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, the Owelle of Onitsha and the Premier of the Eastern Region of Nigeria.“You must do your duty but my safety is in the hands ofGod.”- Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria to Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, leader of the January, 15th1966 carnage, 1965.“You are unique in that we stand at the meeting point of two of the major cultural system of the world. Islamic culture from the East and Christian culture from the West, and meeting in the presence of a third culture, that of the ancient state and empires of African itself. Our task is to bring about a dialogue between these two cultures and fit them to Africa, interpreting one of the other to the mutual benefit of all. We should introduce Western ideas and technologies where necessary but it must be without disrupting our existing spiritual, cultural and social values.”- Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria.(From his speech while being made the Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria on 23rd November 1963).“They say that I am proud and impatient. I am certainly proud, for I have much to be proud of, and not the least the trust that God has given me to lift up our people from their primitive conditions into the light of life and the happiness of contentment. But I am not proud in the arrogant sense, for I know that I am merely an instrument carrying out God’s will and pleasure.”- Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto and the Premier of the Northern Region of Nigeria.Now, the HARD FACTS!!!1. Ahmadu Bello was born on June 12, 1909 in Rabbah,present day, Sokoto State.2. He was the son of a concubine.3. His father died when he was 6 years old.4. He was the only surviving son of his father and mother, Mariyamu.5. He was a great grand-son of Shehu Uthman dan Fodio, the great Fulani jihadist.6. He got his Islamic and Arabic education as a teenager from Mallam Garba who was the Imam of Rabbah village.7. He finished at the age of 16 top of his class.8. He attended the Teacher's Training College, Katsina (later Barewa College) where he was a School Prefect and Class Captain.9. Thereafter, he graduated as a Teacher in 1931 with acredit equivalent Grade III result.10. He was appointed by the Sultan of Sokoto to work as a teacher at the Sokoto Middle School, where he was once a student and taught from 1931-1934.11. He was appointed a rural administrator (District Head) at the age 25 in 1934.12. He gave birth to a daughter after his death (posthumously).13. He became a candidate for the succession to the throne of the Sultan of Sokoto at the age of 29.14. He made attempts to become the Sultan of Sokoto but was not successful, losing to Sir Siddiq Abubakar IIIwho reigned for 50 years until his death in 1988.15. The new Sultan immediately made Sir Ahmadu Bello the Sardauna (Warlord) of Sokoto, a honourary title and promoted him to the Sokoto Native Authority Council, these titles automatically made him the Chief Political Adviser to the Sultan.16. Later, he was put in charge of the Sokoto Province to oversee 47 districts.17. In 1943, a drama played out when he was thrown before the Sultan's court for misappropriating jangali (cattle) tax for the Gusau region where he was the Councillor.18. He was sentenced to 1 year in prison, but spent 3 months in jail.19. By 1944, he was back at the Sultan's Palace to work as the Chief Secretary of the State Native Administration.20. In 1949, at the age of 40, he was nominated for a seat in the Regional House of Assembly.21. He spoke impeccable English, and respected many European values.22. Sir Ahmadu Bello keenly encouraged female education.23. In 1954, Sir Ahmadu Bello became the first Premier of Northern Nigeria.24. He never had material accumulation instincts, did not accumulate wealth and gave out whatever came into his possession. He was scrupulous and prudent with public finance but generous with his own money.25. In 1955, he made his first pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.26. The ‘Work and Worship’ motto on the Northern Nigerian crest was adopted by him.27. He chose to remain the Premier of Northern Nigeria and gave the position of Prime Minister to his hand-picked candidate, the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, who was then the Deputy President of the NPC.28. Sir Ahmadu Bello never sought the leadership of Nigeria.29. He once stated that he would rather be the Sultan of Sokoto than to be the leader of Nigeria.30. At various times, he made inflammatory statements about the Ibos as he once referred to them as the ‘Jews of Nigeria’ whose sole purpose is to dominate wherever they find themselves.31. In 1959, Queen Elizabeth II (b.1926) made him a Knight of the British Empire (KBE), and that explains the‘Sir’ in his title.32. In 1962, he became Pioneer Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria.33. He founded the Bank of the North (now Unity Bank).34. He founded the Northern Nigerian Development Company.35. He established the 16,000-seater Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna.36. He established the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna (the only military university in Nigeria)37. He established the University of Northern Nigeria, which stretched from Samaru in Kaduna State to Funtua in Katsina State, on the 4th of October, 1962 now known as Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.38. By the beginning of 1966, it was quite clear that the Sardauna was one of the most powerful figures in the country, and many believed that he was actually the most powerful, even much more powerful than the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.39. His party, Northern People Congress (NPC), held sway over 29 million out of 55 million Nigerians.40. On his way to Umrah (the Muslim lesser pilgrimage), he received a letter with threats to kill him.41. The letter was said to have stated: “We have arranged to kill you and the Prime Minister (Alhaji Tafawa Balewa).”42. As a devout Muslim, the Sardauna believed that giving his life in the service of Northern Nigeria was worth the sacrifice and that death was a certain end.43. He later said of the threat: “Don’t worry, continue to get useful information. I know what to do.”44. On the morning of 15th January, 1966, armed soldiers, led by Major Patrick Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, arrived at his residence at Lugard House, Kaduna, with the message of death.45. He told his family to stay away in safety but they would have none of that. They all trooped behind him as he came out of the family quarters and in a matter ofseconds, he was surrounded by the soldiers led by Nzeogwu who fired at his babanriga. And immediately, blood sputtered from the point of impact through the beard on his face.46. At that point, his first and eldest wife, Hafsatu, threw herself at him in a final embrace. They were both shot.47. He was believed to have been killed instantly when a bullet penetrated his spinal cord.48. Brave till the very end, he had faced the soldiers and introduced himself as the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Region.49. He once referred to Nigeria as the ‘mistake of 1914′ but he later worked for and gave his best for the new nation of Nigeria.50. He died leaving £10 in his bank account. Equivalent of 5,000 naira in today’s currency exchange.