Days after ACJ’s report regarding the stadium lights at the sports centre, OAU switched them on as the inter-faculty competition continued.
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Recall ACJOAU had reported that the stadium lights at the sports centre had been switched off after the West African University Games (WAUG), which made the sports centre and environs in complete darkness. According to Sports Director of the Students’ Union, Sumbade Junior, had explained that the lights were switched off because there was no reason to use them at the moment and promised that they would be switched on during the inter-faculty competition.
Although on Monday, 27th of May, during the first day of the inter-faculty competition, the opening match was suspended in the second half due to darkness on the pitch, However, on the second day of the inter-faculty competition, Tuesday, 28th of May, both lights at the right side of the pitch, close to the bush, were switched on, and on Saturday, June 1, 2023, all the stadium lights were all working and illuminated the whole pitch.
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Speaking on the lights, Mayowa Ayoade, a student, noted that the stadium lights are back on.
‘I noticed that it was during the afternoon that they were playing a match, so I noticed the lights on. I saw the lights on, actually, that was three days ago. So I saw the big lights on. The two, one in front and one at the back.
Further speaking, he expressed his opinion on the illumination of the sports centre by the stadium lights.
‘That is the main light on the main field. So now if they are playing their match up to like evening, or maybe like night, and if people are passing, that is like the main light that runs from the campus to the back side, all those religious ground junctions’.
Also speaking with another student, Damilare, he notes that ‘in case they want to play a match, they can play a match in the night. Apart from the stadium, it creates more visibility for those that are passing by’.