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How NFC’s Training Initiative Shape My Game-Prosper Useni

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2 years ago

October 5, 2022

Joel Ajayi

The player of the match at the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 World Cup Africa Division Two Qualifiers inside the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Package B Abuja Prosper Useni revealed that the different Nigeria Cricket Federation training initiative is seriously yielding good results for him and the entire team.

Just on Tuesday evening, Nigeria cricket team defeated their arch rival Sierra Leone with 11 runs having scored 184 runs all out in 47.4 overs with loss of 8 wickets. While the visitors scored 173 all out in 41.5 overs with loss of 10 wickets.

Indeed, Prosper Useni’s effort won the game and for Nigeria he emerged Player of the match with a bowling statistics of six wickets, 26 runs in 6.5 overs.

Speaking shortly after he received the player of the match award, prosper Useni said the training initiative was not a waste of effort for the Nigeria team.

According to him, we are not looking at anybody, we are focusing on our game.

“What help our performance was one month training given to some of by the NCF, it’s not waste of effort, we went to Zimbabwe for one training with academy, we went there we work hard, we gained more experienced as you can see it really shape our game, we are proud of NCF and I think they will be proud of us to.”

However, Nigeria will play Malawi in the next game.

Meanwhile, six countries are currently featuring in the qualifiers with the top three teams, to progress to the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers.

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NSC DG Bukola Olopade reaffirms the commitment of the Commission to Training and Retraining of Staff for Scientific Productivity

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6 hours ago

February 4, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Director General of the National Sports Commission Hon. Bukola Olopade, has stated the commitment of the leadership of the Commission to Training and Retraining of staff for scientific productivity of Nigerian Sports.

The DG stated this when he was a surprised guest at the meeting of the newly appointed Federation Secretaries with the Director of the Federation of Elite Athletes Department (FEAD), Olumide Bamiduro.

” One of the things that myself and the Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, discovered was lacking in the Commission when we were appointed is training and restraining of staff. This is why we have challenged the various Directors to go to their various departments to start looking for quality brains that we can give both local and international training and restraining to”.

” The Sports ecosystem that we are in is very dynamic and this is why alot of training and retraining will happen this year to complement the productivity and efficiency of the Commission”.

The DG also charged the Federation Secretaries to be up and doing and align themselves with the vision and mandate of the Commission especially with the Renewed Hope Initiative for Nigeria Sports Economy ( RHINSE ) campaign.

” As Federation Secretaries that you all are , we are about to make history together in so many ways. For the Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko and myself, our determination is to ensure that you all are given the impetus to drive the federations as Independently as you can”.

” I also want to appeal to you all that the chief operating officers,COO, that we have introduced are not here to disturb you or usurp your job. They are here to support you and I have no doubt that the symbiotic relationship that you can establish with them will only galvanize the history making approach we all have for the Commission”.

The Director of Federation of Elite Athletes Development (FEAD) , Olumide Bamiduro however thanked the DG for the surprise visit , stating that his visit further re-echoes the ongoing reforms and the commitment of the current leadership of the Sports Commission to achieve the Sporting mandate of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,GCFR.

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