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Overview

Chinese Government provides grant for National Stadium Rehabilitation project

Commitment Year•2002Country of Activity•Sierra LeoneDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sierra LeoneSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2002
Start (actual)
Aug 1, 2001
End (planned)
May 1, 2002

Geospatial footprint

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The National Stadium is located in the capital city of Freetown. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/28429017

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sierra Leone
  • Sierra Leone Ministry of Education, Youths, and Sports

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant for National Stadium Rehabilitation project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 18, 2002, Dr. Alpha T. Wurie, Minister of Education Youths, and Sports, discussed the August 2001 commencement of the National Stadium Rehabilitation, and announced that the project would be completed by the end of April 2002. This project was funded with a Chinese Government grant, but the monetary value of this grant commitment is known. China’s Ministry of Commerce reports that this project was completed at some point during calendar year 2002, but precise project start and end dates are unknown. The construction of the National Stadium, which is a 30,000-seat stadium in Freetown, was financed by the Chinese Government during the 1970s. Construction started on June 1, 1975 and ended October 31, 1978, and the stadium was handed over to the Sierra Leonean authorities on April 19, 1979. The stadium was repaired once before (in 1992) by the Chinese Government.

Staff comments

STAFF_NOTE: The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport existed but was then split up into the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth Affairs.