The Nigeria U19 Cricket team have received a major
boost with the arrival of the Director General of the National Sports
Commission, Hon Bukola Olopade at the ICC T20 U19 Cricket World Cup in
Malaysia.
The arrival of the DG has once again shown the
unwavering commitment of the leadership of the NSC to support every sport in
the country to achieve sustainable growth.
The Nigeria U19 Cricket team are creating history in
Malaysia, having been Nigeria's first ever team to be at a cricket World,
recorded a big upset with their win over cricket giant , New Zealand to send
shock waves to the entire cricket World.
The DG who has always been very enthused about the
development of the so called lesser Sports in the country insisted that the
success of the girls in Malaysia is very much predicated on the kind of support
they get.
" At the Sports Commission we want to ensure that
every Sport gets supported in the best way possible so that they can also grow
alongside the commission" .
" This is why the NSC under the Chairmanship of
Mallam Shehu Dikko is paying full attention to all the Sports".
" And I am happy that even before I came here ,
the performance of the girls so far at this World cup is
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