As part of their inspection visit to the stadiums across the continent, members of the FIFA inspection team were expected to arrive in Banjul today 6th of May 2008.

Speaking in an interview with Point sports, the deputy director of the Independence Stadium, Mr. Ebou Njie said that “all works are at the finishing point and we are very optimistic that FIFA would not ban the Independence Stadium”. He said that the FIFA inspection team will go back with positive results. He further revealed that the Stadium management have done a lot towards the improvement and the development of the Independence Stadium.

It could be recalled that various Independence Stadiums across the continent have been banned by FIFA due to poor state of dressing rooms, poor pitches, and sub-standard facilities.