A review of federal spending records has shown that the National Sports Commission paid N877 million for fencing works at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, through two separate same-day transactions to a single contractor.
A review of public records on the federal payments portal, Govspend, has revealed that the National Sports Commission spent a total of N877 million on fencing works at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja. Payments seen by SaharaReporters indicate that the funds were disbursed in two separate transactions on the same day to the same contractor for the same project.
According to the records, on October 8, 2025, the commission paid N236.3 million to Fassociates Nigeria Limited for the “perimeter fencing of Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja.” On the same day, another payment of N641 million was also made to the same company for the “fencing of Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja,” bringing the total cost of the project to N877 million, based on details available on Govspend.
The expenditure has raised broader concerns about the spending patterns of the National Sports Commission, particularly its budgetary allocations for national sporting events. SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the 2026 federal budget allocated N2.1 billion to “Promote and organise National Sports Festival 2025 in Ogun State,” despite the event having already been held between May 16 and May 30, 2025, and the commission having previously budgeted N3 billion for the same festival in the 2025 fiscal year.