Enugu, Najeriya, gida ne da babban filin wasa na Nnamdi Azikiwe, filin wasa da dama da ke nuni da abin alfahari ga birnin da kuma kasar. Wannan filin wasa yana da damar daukar masu kallo 22,000, ya taka rawa wajen bunkasawa da kuma inganta harkar kwallon kafa a yankin.

Filin wasan wanda aka sanyawa sunan shugaban Najeriya na farko, Nnamdi Azikiwe, yana da tarihin tarihi kuma yana da abubuwan tunawa da dama a wasannin Najeriya. Wannan labarin na nufin jan hankalin masu karatu da labarin ban sha’awa na filin wasa na Nnamdi Azikiwe. Tattaunawarmu za ta shafi asali, muhimman abubuwan da suka faru, da kuma amfani da wurin ta fuskar wasanni da al’adu.

Ba filin wasa ne kawai ba, wani lokacin babban wurin wasanni da yake a yau. Ya taɓa kasancewa filin wasanni na Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Kasa ta Najeriya ta Gabas a farkon shekarunta.

Tun a shekarar 1959, filin wasan ya kasance wata cibiya ta harkokin wasanni a yankin, wanda ke nuni da irin jajircewar da kamfanin ke yi na inganta wasanni a lokacin mulkin mallaka da kuma bayan mulkin mallaka.

Kungiyar Enugu Rangers daya ce daga cikin kungiyoyin kwallon kafa da suka yi fice a Najeriya, ta fito ta mayar da filin wasa na Nnamdi Azikiwe gidansu a tsawon wannan lokaci.

Cikin sauri kungiyar ta samu karbuwa saboda rawar da suka taka, inda ta dauki kwazon masoya kwallon kafa a fadin kasar.

Yayin da farin jinin Enugu Rangers ya karu, bukatar neman filin wasa na zamani da fasaha ya karu. Hakan ya haifar da hadin guiwa tsakanin gwamnatin jihar Anambra da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu don samar da kudaden sake gina filin wasan.

Filin wasa na Enugu, wanda aka fi sani da Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, an gina shi ne a shekarar 1978 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Olusegun Obasanjo. Ginin filin wasan dai na daga cikin kokarin da gwamnati ke yi na bunkasa wasanni da ilimin motsa jiki a Najeriya.

Nnamdi Azikiwe, shugaban Najeriya na farko, ya bayyana sunan sa ga filin wasan. Manufar ƙirƙirar ta shine don gudanar da wasanni daban-daban. Wani kamfani na kasar Sin mai suna China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) ne ya gudanar da aikin ginin filin wasan.

An gina filin wasa na Enugu akan fili mai fadin hekta 22 kuma yana da damar kallon ’yan kallo 22,000. A tsawon shekaru, filin wasan ya yi gyare-gyare da gyare-gyare da yawa don dacewa da ka’idojin zamani. 2009 filin wasan ya yi babban gyare-gyare gabanin gasar FIFA ta 2010.

Saboda kyakkyawan wurin da yake da shi a tsakiyar birnin Enugu, daga karshe gwamnatin Gabashin Najeriya ta karbi ragamar tafiyar da wurin, inda ta daukaka martabarta tare da mayar da ita wurin hadakar masu sha’awar wasanni.

A shekarar 1986, bayan shafe shekaru ana tsare-tsare da tara kudade, an gudanar da wani gagarumin gyare-gyare a filin wasa na Nnamdi Azikiwe, kuma an bude shi da ban mamaki.

Sabon filin wasan da aka sabunta ya ƙunshi kayan aiki na zamani, waɗanda suka haɗa da ciyawar ciyawa mai kyau, daidaitaccen hanyar gudu, da allon matrix na bidiyo na zamani.

Waɗannan haɓakawa sun yi niyya don samarwa masu kallo ƙarin jin daɗi da ƙwarewa. Shekaru 13 bayan haka, an sake gyara filin wasan domin tunkarar gasar cin kofin duniya ta ‘yan kasa da shekaru 20 da za a yi a Najeriya a shekarar 1999. Ya dauki bakuncin wasanni masu muhimmanci da dama, ciki har da wasan da Najeriya ta doke Mali a wasan kusa da na karshe.