West African Trophy Tour: NCF President Promises Improved Championship

West African Trophy Tour: NCF President Promises Improved Championship

Sampson Adedeji

The President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Uyi Akpata has promised a better and improved championship next term, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Nigeria held the inaugural edition of the West African Trophy Tour with four countries including Nigeria as host.

Nigeria's Yellow Greens dominated and won the trophy at the expense of Sierra Leone, Ghana and Rwanda.

While speaking to the Punch Correspondent, Akapata praised Nigeria while promising better competition.

 â€œIt is a very successful experiment. We are glad to have the national team that complimented all our efforts with a sterling performance.

"For us, after five years, great cricket has come back to stay in the West Africa region and I was talking to the players a few days ago, I told them next year is going to be bigger and better and there I’ll be prize money

"That’s why we brought the sponsors and potential sponsors here. 

"They’ve agreed that they will put in a special prize money next year.

"We have had 10 excellent days of excellent cricket. Everyone has worked so hard for this, so, I want to thank the organising committee.  

"We also have a number of our partners to thank, including Dafabet, Sparkle, Nigeria Breweries, and the Lagos State government. 

"We are hoping we would be able to engage more of our corporate partners in the project of promoting the game of Cricket across Nigeria,” the NCF president added.