A Task Force set up by sports minister; SUNDAY DARE will today commence work with the verification of occupants and identification of illegal structures inside the National Stadium, Lagos.

According to a statement from the minister’s office, the Task Force, headed by the sports ministry’s Permanent Secretary, GABRIEL ADUDA, was set up to restore sanity to the long-abandoned complex ahead of its planned concession.

 The committee’s task is to carry out an audit of approved tenants, verify details of tenancy agreement, come up with a list of approved and unapproved physical structures, as well as a list of squatters and their businesses.

The committee is also to investigate staff of the ministry, who allow the presence of the squatters, carry out a detailed analysis of revenue generated at the stadium and take inventory of all shops and businesses within the stadium premises.

The committee, which has members drawn from the sports ministry, Lagos State and the private sector, has 21 days to complete its assignment.

The minister had earlier given illegal occupants at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja a 25-day ultimatum to quit for rehabilitation work to commence.