Jakarta (ANTARA) – Chair of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Erick Thohir stated that the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) contributed funds worth Rp85.6 billion to build the National Training Center at IKN Nusantara.”FIFA in phase 1 assisted with funding of Rp85.6 billion. This is the first time that FIFA has provided a grant of this size to a country,” Thohir stated at the IKN National Training Center Groundbreaking event, monitored from the Presidential Secretariat YouTube account in Jakarta, Friday.
The minister noted that the construction project of the IKN National Training Center was divided into two phases on 34.5 hectares of land granted from the IKN Authority.
Thohir targets the groundbreaking process for the IKN National Training Center to be completed in six months, faster than the initial project of eight months.
He explained that in phase one of construction, two field facilities were prepared along with accommodation facilities for athletes and coaches complete with changing rooms and other supporting facilities.
“And, of course, this is the result of cooperation from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) where the facilities for supporting infrastructure and land clearing were carried out by Pak Basuki (PUPR Minister Basuki Hadimuljono),” he remarked.
Source: Antara News Agency