OWN CORRESPONDENT, Lagos | Tuesday 1.00pm.
A DELEGATION from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) arrived in Lagos on Monday to begin an inspection of facilities to be used for the 2000 African Nations Cup to be jointly hosted by Ghana and Nigeria.
The two-man delegation inspected the pitches, control and changing rooms, sports, health and communications facilities at the national stadium in Lagos, one of the venues to be used for the competition.
Before leaving Lagos, the delegation will also inspect hotel facilities for players and officials for the tournament.
The team will also inspect similar facilities put in place in Kano city, in northern Nigeria, the second Nigerian venue for the competition.
The competition runs from January 22 to February 13.
A similar CAF inspection ruled out initial hosts Zimbabwe, because of the poor state of preparations, before Ghanaian and Nigeria organizers were given the go-ahead. — AFP