Most underutilised facilities at MKO Abiola national stadium Abuja The poor state of the MKO Abiola national stadium main pitch before ongoing renovation powered by Alhaji Aliko Dangote By Sat Dec 19 2020 On October 4, 2003, former President Olusegun Obasanjo officially commissioned a new 60,000 capacity national stadium for the 8th edition of the All Africa Games tagged ‘Abuja 2003’. Prior to the opening ceremony, Obasanjo described the stadium as a symbol of peace and unity through sports in Nigeria, Africa and the whole world just as he emphasized the need to maintain the stadium as a national monument that was built with a whopping $360 million.