The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has granted a one-match approval for the use of Baba Yara Sports Stadium (Kumasi) in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifiers playoff round match Ghana versus Nigeria.

This follows a CAF Licensing Inspector conducting an inspection exercise at the the Baba Yara Sports Stadium last Sunday.

In a letter to the Ghana Football Association, the CAF wants the following conditions to be met before the match against Nigeria.

They include:

➡️ Installation of new international standard, modern and comfortable officials’ benches at pitch level;

➡️ Adjustment of the floodlight intensity. A minimum of 1200 Lux should be provided all over the pitch, covering uniformly every area of the playing field;

➡️ Increase seating and lockers in the teams dressing rooms to reach (25) persons;

➡️ Installation of completely new modern equipment and materials in the referees dressing rooms and ensure that is equipped with all the necessary materials and CAF requirements;

➡️ Set up the water system to provide both cold and hot water in the teams and officials dressing room;

➡️ General refurbishment of the CAF office, installation of modern desks and seats, including the necessary electronic and working equipment;

➡️ VOC must be available and equipped with all the necessary equipment and requirements;

➡️ Complete refurbishment of the media tribune, press conference room and media centre, installing new and modern equipment.

In order to follow the progress of the above-mentioned works in the stadium, CAF will designate a stadium inspector to conduct an onsite assessment up till the day of the upcoming FIFA match.

CAF again stated that there shall be an onsite stadium inspector to conduct further assessment of the facility until the day of the match and in the event that the above mentioned conditions are not met before the match; financial sanctions shall be imposed on Ghana.