Joel Ajayi

Nigeria Cricket Federation NCF has said that the federation is more determined to bring more initiatives, innovation, and needed awareness that will further propel the game of cricket in the country and beyond.

President of NCF, Uyi Akpata gave this assurance at the “Annual General Meeting (AGM) and full Council meeting of 2023” at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja where the stakeholders converged and discussed the development of the game at large.

Developmental Issues discussed includes the development of coaches, and umpire, creating more awareness that will further increase the number of cricket lover in the country, and grassroots programs amongst other.

He expressed that the federation will continue to work hard to have a better future in the sport in the continent and the world, saying that the federation’s target is to be one of the top three cricket-playing countries in Africa by 2026.

Speaking on the progress of the national team and some achievements so far, Akpata said the two teams (male and female) gave a good account of themselves by making the country proud in their recent outing.

According to him as a federation and board, we will continue to work hard to see our dream come truth

The aim of the federation is that in 2026 Nigeria will be among the best countries in the continent and at the global level.

“We also won an invitational championship In April, we also the West Africa Trophy,

“We have moved from 38 to 28 rank, we move 10 steps ahead in the world, we just moved a step up from number eight in Africa to number seven.

Akpata who has contributed immensely to the growth of Cricket in the last two years optimistic that with the level of exposure and preparation, the female team will participate in the World Cup qualifier saying that, Nigeria stands a very good chance for female qualifying for the ICC T20 world cup.

Meanwhile, close to 70 stakeholders were present at the AGM delegates from 37 states and 10 board members, we came to realign with the development of the Sports

“We had two sessions, one session was an open session where we met to reinforce our strategy and get input from the various stakeholders.

“The second segment was a formal Annual General Meeting (AGM) in line with our constitutional obligations,” he said.

He however applauded all members for honouring the annual general meeting and urged them to leave no stone unturned toward the growth of the game

 “The players, coaches, umpires, board members, stakeholders everybody has a role to play to achieve this dream that must come to reality.”

Under the leadership of the Akpata, Nigerian Cricket has witnessed some level of development to give a good future for the game as national teams have made some positive progress in their games.

Share on Facebook

Tweet

Follow us

Share

Share

Share

Share

Share