Shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka, Patrice Motsepe, ya aika da saƙon tsanani zuwa Kenya, Tanzania, da Uganda — ƙasashe uku da ke raba masaukin gasar Africa Cup of Nations 2027 — yana jaddada cewa babu yiwuwar jinkirta gasar kuma yana neman "ƙarin gaggawa" daga dukkan ɓangarori.

Africa Cup of Nations na dawo zuwa Gabashin Afirka a karon farko cikin shekaru 51, inda aka tsara wasan bude gasar a ranar 19 ga Yuni 2027 da na karshe a ranar 17 ga Yuli 2027. Da kimanin watanni tara da suka rage, Motsepe ya jaddada cewa filayen wasan masu masaukin baki dole su kasance a shirye don gwajin wasan kafin Janairu.

Jinkirin ci gaba a Kasarani yana haifar da damuwa

Motsepe ya ziyarci Kenya bayan ziyarar sa ta Tanzania, yana duba wurare biyu a Nairobi: Kasarani Stadium da sabon Talanta Stadium da aka gina wanda zai iya ɗaukar mutum 60,000. BBC Sport Africa ta fahimci cewa Kasarani da wurin horar da 'yan wasa da ke kusa da shi su ne babban yankin damuwa.

Lokacin da Caf ta gudanar da dubawa ta baya a tsakiyar Fabrairu, an gaya wa masu tsarawa na gida cewa wuraren aiki ya kamata su kasance kimanin kashi 80 cikin dari a shirye kafin Agusta. Duk da haka, Kasarani ya samu ɗan ci gaba a cikin watanni bakwai da suka wuce. Ba a shimfiɗa filin wasan tukuna, kuma aiki ya rage a kan wayoyin yad'a labarai, fitilun filin, da ɗakunan VIP.

Motsepe ya kuma nuna buƙatun tsaro na karɓar shugabannin ƙasashe, yana bayyana cewa za a buƙaci sake tsara wasu tsare-tsaren filayen wasan. "Matsalolin tsaro dangane da inda za a zaɓi baƙi na musamman, musamman shugabannin ƙasashe, suna buƙatar sake duba tsare-tsaren asali," in ji shi wanda ke da shekaru 64.

Kasarani kuma an shirya zai karɓi Gasar Duniya ta Tseren Ƙasa da Ƙasa ta 2029, wani taron da aka ba Nairobi wannan mako a gaban London da Rome, wanda ke ƙara nauyin buƙatun more rayuwa a filin wasan.

Gwamnati ta yi alkawarin yin aiki da gaggawa

Sakataren Majalisar Ministocin Kenya na wasanni Salim Mvurya ya ba da tabbaci mai ƙarfi, yana alƙawarin cewa za a kammala dukkan wuraren aiki kafin Disamba — a lokaci da ya dace don gwajin wasannin kafin ziyarar ƙimar ƙarshe ta Motsepe a Janairu.

"Ina tabbatar wa Caf da Kenyawa cewa za mu hanzarta shirye-shiryen Afcon 2027. Za mu kammala komai kafin Disamba don tabbatar da cewa za mu iya yin gwajin wasannin a wurare daban-daban," in ji Mvurya.

Mvurya ya kuma haɗa manyan abubuwa biyu na wasanni, yana jayayya cewa nasarar Kenya wajen lashe masaukin Gasar Duniya ta Tseren Ƙasa da Ƙasa ta 2029 ta dogara wani ɓangare akan rawar da take takawa a matsayin ɗayan masu masaukin Afcon 2027. "Wasanni ba nishaɗi kaɗai ba ne, hanyar rayuwa ce, canjin tattalin arziki ne," in ji shi. "Yawon bude ido namu zai zama mai amfana sosai."

Tsarin jinkirin gasar Caf akai-akai

Gaggawar tana ƙaruwa sakamakon tarihin kwanan nan na jinkirta gasar a ƙarƙashin Caf. Gasar Mata ta Africa Cup of Nations ta wannan shekara an jinkirta ta daga Maris zuwa Yuli tare da sanarwa ta kwanaki 12 kawai. Gasar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka ta 2024 — wadda ƙasashen uku guda suke masaukin ta — an tura ta daga Fabrairu 2025 zuwa Agusta 2025 kwanaki 18 kawai kafin ta fara. An kuma koma da Africa Cup of Nations ta 2023 a Ivory Coast daga ƙarshen 2023 zuwa farkon 2024 saboda damuwa game da lokacin damina.

Duk da haka, Motsepe ya kasance a sarari: kwanakin Afcon 2027 ba za su canza ba. "Babu shiri na biyu, babu shiri na uku," in ji shi. "Bai kamata a samu buƙata saboda akwai ɗimbin alhaki." Watanni uku masu zuwa za su zama masu yanke hukunci.