FCT Cricket Association launches revival initiative with school principals

As part of its ongoing efforts to revive cricket in the Federal Capital Territory, the FCT Cricket Association, led by Chairman Engineer Emeka Onyeama, organized a one-day seminar and conference with selected school principals in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

During his address, Engineer Onyeama explained that the board consulted with the principals as a key element of their cricket revival initiative.

“Sports is no longer a play, Sports is now a big business. The Principals should know that by the time they groom 22 players in their Schools playing cricket, 800 other students who are not playing, their eyes are there, this is how Sports are running, if this synergy is not there, we cannot achieve our aims.

“We are an Association, we are here to support Schools and support education departments in whatever they need, providing them with technical resources, technical capacity at any point in time to make sure the Schools are in line with Sports,” he said.

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The former President, the Nigeria Cricket Federation, Emeka Onyeama, promises the Schools’ Sports Masters or Game Masters will also receive training as part of the cricket revival program.

“We intend to build for schools that have little space high-performance centers, called Practicing Net, where students can practice cricket during their PE lessons or on their own.

“As a way of encouraging the students, we are also going to provide scholarships for those who merit it and also make sure the schools that are encouraging this game are compensated,” he further said.

Director, FCT Schools Sports Development, Adamu Ashiru Ojah commended the initiative and promised that the Schools will make their students and space available as a way of collaborating with the Association in the development of the game in the FCT.

FCT Cricket Association through the Chairman, Emeka Onyeama provided the 13 selected Schools with some Cricket training equipment to help their students in their training.