Following their draw with Katsina Spotlights FC last Tuesday, the Super Eagles have categorised the turf of the Karkanda Stadium, Katsina as “the best in the country”.

After the game which served as tune-up for the team’s AFCON 2017 qualifier against Chad in Kaduna on June 3, the team’s media officer, Toyin Ibitoye, described the stadium’s turf as “an excellent the Eagles would love to return and play in.

“What they have here in Katsina is an excellent turf. The boys and Coach Stephen Keshi couldn’t believe it. It is a different breed of synthetic turf that is cool and lush-green. If only all the synthetic turves in the country were like this, the Eagles won’t complain and insist on playing on natural grass turf.”

Ibitoye was also full of praise for the Katsina State government and the corporate body that constructed the turf (Monimichelle) for doing a good job.

The company’s managing director, Ebi Egbe, who was in Katsina to watch the Eagles play said the Katsina turf would be the same as that of the stadium in Nnewi which his outfit is also constructing for Ifeanyi Ubah FC.

“I’m happy [that] the Eagles have played in Katsina and seen that the different is clear when it comes to the job Monimichelle is doing. The turf in Katsina is built with coconut fibre technology, so the pitch cannot be hot and it will remain lush-green and smooth, as far as it is well maintained,” Egbe said.

Egbe charged other state governments to emulate Katsina’s move, in order to imrpove the game in their states.