HC Deb 24 May 1950 vol 475 c241W
75. Mr. Rankin

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a grant has been made from the Colonial Development and Welfare Funds for the erection of a sports stadium at Enugu, Nigeria; and why the lands, funds, and labour allocated to this project are not being used for improved housing.

Mr. Dugdale

The Nigerian Government have plans for the building of a sports stadium at Enugu with the aid of a grant from township reconstruction funds. The Government have a grant from Colonial Development and Welfare Funds for town planning and reconstruction from which one-third of the cost of individual schemes may be met, but as far as I am aware no proposal to finance the building of the stadium from that grant has yet been made by the Nigerian Government.