The Chief Executive Officer of Monimichelle Sports, Ebi Egbe, has advised both state and Federal Government to avoid contractors who specialises in using ‘painted concrete and basic acrylic surfaces’ in flooring stadium courts across the country.

Egbe said that SI-PU multi-purpose hybrid court system are best understood across athlete welfare, technical performance, durability, and lifecycle economics.

“Painted concrete courts returns almost 100 per cent of impact energy to the athlete, whereas SI-PU hybrid system dissipates energy in a controlled manner,” he told The Guardian on Friday. “We are celebrating Morocco today because the government and the people took proacitve steps by putting in place the best sports facilities across their country. But in Nigeria, there are contractors who move from one state to another deceiving the governors.

Once they succeed in getting contracts to build sports facilities, all they do is to deliver painted concrete and basic acrylic surfaces. It is taking our sports backward. The Governors are not to be blamed completely. The blame should go to the contractors. Virtually all the stadium used in hosting the National Sports Festival in recent years have big holes on its track because of quack construction work.”

According to Egbe, SI-PU multi-purpose hybrid court system is a professional sports flooring solution engineered to address the safety, performance, and durability limitations of painted concrete and basic acrylic surfaces.

“SI-PU hybrid systems are elastomeric and flexible, reducing peak impact forces transmitted to the athlete’s body. This directly protect anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), achilles tendon, knee cartilage, lower back and hip joints.

“SI-PU hybrid courts minimises excessive plantar pressure rebound during landing, sprinting, and abrupt stops, which is critical for basketball, volleyball, handball, futsal, and tennis.”

He continues: “Unlike acrylic coatings and painted concrete that telegraph slab cracks to the surface, SI-PU absorbs minor slab movement, bridges micro-cracks and prevents reflective cracking. This is particularly important in tropical and sub-tropical climates where thermal expansion and soil movement are common.

“SI-PU hybrid multi purpose courts provides predictable vertical rebound, consistent roll resistance and zero dead spots. This consistency is critical for multi-sport courts used for basketball, volleyball, futsal, handball, badminton, and tennis training. The surface also maintains traction even in humid or lightly wet conditions, reducing slip-and-fall incidents.”

According to Egbe, a professionally installed SI-PU hybrid court system typically delivers 8 to 12 years of high-performance use with minimal resurfacing requirements, while painted concrete often requires annual repainting and crack repairs.

“SI-PU hybrid courts can be line-marked and color-zoned for multiple sports on the same surface, making them ideal for Schools and universities, Sports academies, Community sports parks and Indoor halls and outdoor complexes. This maximises asset utilisation and return on investment. SI-PU hybrid systems are commonly certified for international and national sports,” Egbe stated.