{"id":320513,"date":"2011-03-18T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T12:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/18\/nigeria-lagos-sports-council-to-concession-swimming-pool\/"},"modified":"2011-03-18T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T12:55:02","slug":"nigeria-lagos-sports-council-to-concession-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/18\/nigeria-lagos-sports-council-to-concession-swimming-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Lagos Sports Council to Concession Swimming Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46.1123595506\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/64b3dae5vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>17 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Lagos State Sports Council has said that it will concession the swimming pool at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Yaba, to some corporate organisations for effective management.<\/p>\n<p>The council&#8217;s Director of Sports, Adewunmi Ogunsanya, disclosed on Wednesday in Lagos while speaking on the dilapidated facility.<\/p>\n<p>Ogunsanya debunked the notion that the swimming pool had been abandoned by sports authorities, saying that government was responsible for the development of sports and facilities generally.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>He said the council had reached agreement with four companies with genuine interest on the concession but did not disclose their names.<\/p>\n<p>Ogunsanya said the council went into the public-private partnership to relieve the government of some financial burdens.<\/p>\n<p>He said that fine-tuning the terms of the concession with the companies for swimmers to benefit was delaying the commencement of rehabilitation of the facility by the yet to be named concessionaires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have held rounds of talks with four companies, the swimming pool will start working as soon as the contract agreement is finalised,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The pool which was used by swimmers in Lagos state had been out of use since the late 1990&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts by the State Government to the revive swimming pool failed as TDA Consulting Ltd, which was given the contract to renovate it since 2008 could not revamp it. <em>(NAN)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103180719.html\" title=\"Nigeria: Lagos Sports Council to Concession Swimming Pool\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nigeria: Lagos Sports Council to Concession Swimming Pool<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 17 March 2011 The Lagos State Sports Council has said that it will concession the swimming pool at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Yaba, to some corporate organisations for effective management. 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