In a bid to spread the growth and development of football around the world, the world football governing body FIFA initiated what it termed the FIFA GOAL Project.
The FIFA GOAL Programme was initiated by former FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter for the benefit of national associations and ratified by the 1999 Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Los Angeles. GOAL is a tailor-made development and assistance programme designed to realise projects based on the specific needs of national associations.
In 2020, FIFA approved the construction of two mini-stadiums in Nigeria - one in Birnin Kebbi, and another in Ugborodo, Delta State. While the Kebbi project has been completed and commissioned and in use now, the Ugborodo project is stalled. Former NFF President Amaju Pinnick, under whose tenure the contract was awarded is accusing the contractor Monimichelle Sports Construction Company, of breach of contract.
Meanwhile, the contractor is crying blue murder as he said he was tricked into signing the contract even before taking him to the site for inspection. The two parties are threatening court action and have stated their positions as published here:
This is Pinnick's perspective as written by Azuka Chiemeka: Ugborodu FIFA Stadium Project and the betrayal of local content policy