Government has signed a contract with a Chinese firm for the re-construction of the Independence stadium which is expected to gobble US$ 87 million.

Works and Supply Minister, Mike Mulongoti said the contract was signed last week and the contractor was expected to go on site by next week.

Mr. Mulongoti said in an interview in Lusaka today.

He said US$ 87 million would be spent on rehabilitating the stadium to have a 50,000 seater capacity.

He said construction works on the 40,000 seater Ndola stadium were also progressing.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mulongoti has said works on the Livingstone stadium would not commence as Government had not put the project on its priority list.

He said it was prudent that Government concentrated on the two stadia before embarking on the Livingstone stadium.

The independence stadium has not been operational after it was declared unfit by the world football governing body FIFA.