The Board of the Nigeria Cricket Federation(NCF) rose from its meeting last Saturday
agreeing on a 6-point agenda to drive its thrust till 2013 as follows:
1)Rebranding the NCF into CRICKET NIGERIA in line with contemporary practice and to give it a private sector orientation
2)Introducing professionalism in NCF administration by the appointment of a General Manager(GM) to steer day-to-day activities
3)Intensification of High Performance Programmes that will enable the measurement of our standards of performance in relation to other ICC Associate Members.
4)Conclusion of the turf wicket project in as many venues as possible within the 4-year tenure
5)Integration of Women’s’ cricket into the NCF Programme
6)Establishment of a HALL OF FAME project to record for posterity the contributions of past players and administrators.
In 2006, under the first term of the Kwesi Sagoe-led Board, success had been largely driven with the focus on a 6-point agenda
out of which five were successfully carried which led to the return of structures like the National Secondary Schools Tournament
sponsored by Dufil Prima Plc(Indomie); the return of the National Cricket Club Championships; increased sponsorships to meet
the non-ICC income requirement set by the global cricket body, renovation of the National Secretariat.
With the 6-point agenda for this tenure, the Board agreed it would be a rolling plan with a new item introduced once an item is
successfully implemented so that there will always be 6 points on the table.
The achievements of the last Board led to Nigeria obtaining a global ICC ranking for Senior ODI Cricket at the 39th position at the last
World Cricket League Division 7(WCL 7) play-offs that took place in Guernsey in 2009.
The Board is focused on improving that ranking in 2011 when the WCL 7 resumes again.
