Ogun govt purchases N12m ticket

Stories by Niyi Alebiosu, Ijebu Ode and Tosin Omojola - 01.11.2009

AS part of the effort to ensure that the spectators stand of the Gateway International Stadium is filled to its full capacity on Sunday during the last group match of the on going fifa under 17 world between United State of America and United Arab Emirate, the Ogun State government has purchaced match tickets worth 12million naira.

Sunday Tribunesports scooped that the amiable governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel has instructed various ministries to purchase tickets and distributed to the people.

In compliance with this directive, investigation by Sunday Tribunesports showed that various ministries have been purchacing tickets but with ministry of sports as highest buyer.

Our source at the First Bank where the purchace were made revealed that the ministry has bought over 7million naira worth of ticketwhile others followed.

On the total number of tickekts sold so far, he vehemently decline comment saying that he has no authority to talk on it but that he was sure many tickets have been sold assuring that there will be no much vacuum on Sunday.

All efforts made by Sunday Tribunesports to get the actual sales failed as nobody was willing to divulge the information.