Ex Super Eagles Goalkeeper Discloses Number of Years It Would Take for Nigeria to Host World Cup

• Peterside Idah has aired his views about Nigeria hosting the FIFA World Cup
• The West African nation has hosted two global football tournaments before
• The former Super Eagles goalkeeper disclosed the years he thinks it would take to stage such an event in Nigeria

Former Super Eagles shot-stopper, Peterside Idah has disclosed the number of years he thinks it would take Nigeria to host the FIFA World Cup.

The West African country has hosted the two youth World Cups, the Under-20 in 1999, and the Under-17 in 2009.

South Africa remains the only African country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup in history but will be joined on the list by Morocco in 2030.

In an interview on Channels TV’s programme Sunrise Daily, as per Complete Sports, the former Nigerian goalkeeper claimed that it would take Nigeria up to 40 years before they can think about hosting the global football tournament.

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The 49-year-old also disclosed that the country only has one stadium that is up to the standard of hosting that kind of tournament.

"On record presently, the only playing field which we have is a grass stadium, and it is the Uyo Stadium, but 20 anything (years) is still very long; maybe in the next 40 years, we would have had some kind of stability," he said.

The former Nigeria international also explained what must be done and put in place before Nigeria can consider staging an event like the World Cup.

"This stadium must be working. We have the civic centre that had everything such as the swimming pool, but these facilities are not being maintained," he added.

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