Asaba – Mr Chike Ogeah, the Commissioner for Information in Delta, on Monday called for the relocation of the Asaba Township Stadium, saying that it was wrongly located.

Ogeah made the call in Asaba while fielding questions from newsmen on the state-of-affairs as Delta turned 21 years.

He said that the location of the stadium in the city centre had affected its development as it lacked sufficient space to accommodate necessary facilities and for expansion.

He, therefore, called on the Asaba community to provide the government with an alternative land for the construction of a stadium befitting the state capital.

“The fundamental problem with the stadium project is that it was built in the wrong place. If you ask me, we can convert what we have there now into an indoor facility.

“I suggest that the people of Asaba should look elsewhere for land for the government to build a new and befitting stadium,’’ he said.

Ogeah, who blamed the delay in the completion of ongoing projects in the state on “dwindling finances,’’ promised that most of the projects would be completed before the end of the tenure of the current administration.

He described Delta at 21 as `great’, saying that the celebration of this year’s anniversary would be low keyed, a deviation from previous years.

The commissioner said the government had decided to `tone down’ the celebration of this year’s anniversary and use the occasion to focus on stock-taking.

He said the government had made a lot of investment on security to complement the Federal Government’s effort in that direction.

Ogeah, who admitted that most of the roads in the state, especially in Asaba, were in poor condition, said that rehabilitating them during the rainy season would not produce a good result.

He said that the government’s priority now was the construction of drains that would facilitate the building of more enduring roads during the dry season. (NAN)