Nigeria’s football fans will have to pay N1,000 for a popular stand to watch their national team, Super Eagles battle the South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in a potentially-explosive 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Godswill International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Friday.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) disclosed this through a statement released yesterday by the director of communications, Ademola Olajire.
According to the statement, while tickets for the popular stands will sell for N1,000 each, tickets to the VIP areas will go for the sum of N3,000 each.
“Tickets to access the Godswill Akpabio Stadium for Friday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying cracker between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana will go on sale from Thursday morning.
“While tickets for the popular stands will sell for N1, 000 each, tickets to the VIP areas will go for N3, 000 each,” NFF said.
Head of marketing and sponsorship, Alizor Chuks said the tickets will go on sale at a number of designated points across the state.
“The objective is to have as many sales points as possible away from the stadium, and ensure that sales are concluded by Friday evening before the game commences,” Chuks said.
Meanwhile, South Africa’s delegation for Friday’s match arrived in Uyo. The delegation first arrived in Lagos at 3:30pm yesterday with a chartered aircraft before boarding a chartered jet for the 45-minute flight to Uyo.
Also, Italy-based Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, who was the only invited player not in camp for lunch on Wednesday, has joined the team, just as majority of the match officials for the game have all arrived with exception of referee assessor Ahmed Sayed Abou Elela from Egypt due to arrive in Nigeria today.
Nigeria’s Eagles will lock horns with South Africa’s Bafana in a rematch of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) first semi-final match earlier this year, which the Super Eagles won 4-2 on penalties.
