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Cricket
By Kemi Ajayi
Lagos, Jan. 5, 2017 (NAN) Some cricket enthusiasts on Thursday urged stakeholders to elect credible individuals into the board of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that election into the various sports federations in the country holds every four years after the Olympics.
NAN also reports that interested candidates in various sports are already strategising even though the Ministry of Sports is yet to release a timetable for the election.
Barnaby Ephraim, the Vice Chairman of the Lagos State Cricket Association, told NAN that only individuals who have genuine interest for the sport should be elected.
Ephraim said that such individuals would help to spread the sport at the grassroots.
“Whoever emerges as the President of the federation alongside other board members should be people who have passion and zeal to move cricket forward.
“People who will focus on growth of the national teams, engage people who are technically sound and also be transparent,” he said.
Also, Tonye Timinade, Head Coach of Rivers Cricket Association, urged stakeholders to shun sentiments when electing individuals to the NCF board.
Timinade said by doing so, the right president and board members would be elected to run the federation for the next four years.
“We need a vibrant national league, we have to spread cricket in Nigeria and stop recycling old players into the national team.
“Cricket equipment is also a critical and challenging aspect of the sport in Nigeria and the only way we can over it is having the right people at the helm of affairs,’’ he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Edwin Nwachukwu/Ese E. Ekama