Tafawa Balewa Square
| Tafawa Balewa Square | |
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| Wuri | |
| Ƴantacciyar ƙasa | Najeriya |
| Jiha | Lagos |
| Birni | Lagos |
| Coordinates | 6°26′43″N 3°24′07″E / 6.4453°N 3.40194°E |
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| History and use | |
| Opening | 1972 |
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Dandalin Tafawa Balewa, (TBS) filin biki ne, mai 35.8 acres (14.5 ha) (wanda ake kira "Tsarin Race") a Tsibirin Legas, Legas.[1][2]
Tarihi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Lagos Race Course a yanzu TBS, filin wasanni ne da ya ɗauki nauyin wasan tseren dawakai, amma ya haɗa da bangaren kwallon kafa da filin wasan kurket.[3] Oba Dosunmu ne ya ba hukumomin mulkin mallaka a shekarar 1859,wanda Kuma daga baya ya gina yankunan da ke kewaye.[4] Daga baya gwamnatin Yakubu Gowon ta rusa kwas din don yin hanyar zuwa dandalin Tafawa Balewa.[5] A cikin kwanakinsa masu kyau, kwas ɗin ya shirya faretin ranar Empire. Wasan tseren doki ya kai kusan furlong bakwai zuwa takwas ko mil guda.[6]
A shekarar 1960, an sake gina kwas din ne domin murnar samun ‘yancin kai a Najeriya da kuma sauke jack jack.[7]
Wuri[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
An gina TBS a cikin shekarar 1972 a kan wurin da ba a taɓa amfani da shi ba don tseren dawakai.[8] Yana da iyaka da titin Awolowo, titin Cable, titin Force, titin Mission Catholic da ginin gine-gine mai hawa 26.
Abubuwan Tunawa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Ƙofar dandalin tana da manyan sassaka sassaka na fararen dawakai huɗu da ke shawagi a saman ƙofar da jajayen gaggafa bakwai, waɗanda alamu ne daga alamar ƙasa da ke nuna ƙarfi da Mutunci bi da bi. Sauran abubuwan tarihi a dandalin sun haɗa da Arcade na Tunawa (tare da abubuwan tunawa da yakin duniya na ɗaya, yakin duniya na biyu da wadanda yakin basasar Najeriya ya rutsa da su) da kuma gidan 'yancin kai mai hawa 26, wanda aka gina a 1963 wanda ya dade, gini mafi tsawo a Najeriya.[9]
Kayayyakin Aiki[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Dandalin yana da damar mutane 50,000. Wuraren da ke dandalin sun haɗa da cibiyar kasuwanci, Ma'aikatar Balaguro, gidajen abinci da wuraren ajiye motoci da tashar bas.[10] Filin wasan kurket, filin wasan Cricket Oval na Tafawa Balewa, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin 'gidan wasan kurket na gargajiya' a Najeriya. Ya ɗauki nauyin wasanni a yankin Arewa maso Yamma na gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2018–19 ICC T20. An rufe filin na tsawon watanni 18 don kammala gyare-gyare daga saman siminti zuwa turf mai ɗigo 10 don cika ka'idojin ICC. An kammala gyaran ne a watan Janairun 2022, bayan haka Najeriya ta karbi bakuncin wasanninta na farko na mata Twenty20 a Gasar Gayyatar Mata na T20I na shekarar 2022.
Abubuwan Tarihi[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Manyan abubuwan da suka faru na kasa a TBS sun haɗa da bikin 'yancin kai na Najeriya wanda ya gudana a ranar 1 ga watan Oktoba 1960 tare da Firayim Minista, Tafawa Balewa, ya gabatar da jawabinsa. Ranar Dimokuradiyya, da sauran al'amuran da suka shafi al'adu daban-daban kamar jamborees na kade-kade da tarukan addini.
Manazarta[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
1
- ↑ Peju Akande; Toni Kan (4 January 2015). "BUILDING THE LAGOS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT". Thisdaylive. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ Kaye Whiteman (2013). Lagos: A Cultural and Literary History (Landscapes of the Imagination). Vol. 5. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-908-4938-97 .
- ↑ Ajani, Jide (1 October 2000). "The Lagos Race Course: Crossroads of a Political Heritage". Vanguard
- ↑ Tafawa Balewa Square". 10times.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Is Tafawa Balewa Square The Forgotten Race Course Of Independence?". Nigeria Real Estate Hub. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Nigeria Invitational in Lagos points towards promising future for women's cricket in Africa". www.aipsmedia.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ "From concrete to turf: Nigeria's TBS Oval pitches get a makeover". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ "Women's T20 cricket a litmus test for Nigerian team, says Obalola". The Guardian Nigeria News-Nigeria and World News. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ "Tafawa Balewa Square". lonely planet.
- ↑ " 'Tafawa Balewa Square leased, not sold'-The Nation Nigeria". The Nation Nigeria. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2018.