Construction of a four-star hotel, worth Rwf 4billion, by the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) will commence next month, the Federation president Vincent Nzamwita, has said.

The hotel will be built in four phases and the first phase will include construction of 40 rooms.

FIFA has provided a grant of $2,896,640 (approximately Rwf2bn) towards the project while the other half is a loan.

This is part of the FIFA Goal project development programme aimed at helping developing countries to establish infrastructure and facilities to boost the growth of the game.

The hotel is expected to reduce on the expenses that the Ministry of Sports and Culture (MINISPOC) incurs on national teams during residential training or accommodation for visiting national teams.

FERWAFA is also expected to use the hotel for commercial purposes to generate income for different footballing activities. The hotel will have a total of 100 rooms and will be built on the piece of land next to the FERWAFA headquarters in Remera, currently occupied by Rwanda Police.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Nzamwita met FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke in Zurich, Switzerland and they discussed several projects to develop football in Rwanda.

"We discussed a lot of things about the development of football. Jerome Valcke has requested that we start the construction of the hotel as soon as possible,” said Nzamwita.

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