Promoting Ethics Through Sports (PETS) Foundation, one of the frontline Non-for-Profit supporters of Cricket has made good their plan to spur the development of the game in the South-South region of the country.
The foundation is presently facilitating the construction of nets at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, which will complement similar investments it has made in Edo and Akwa Ibom States.
Timinadi Tonye, the Nigeria Cricket Foundation’s Regional Development Officer has described the gesture as one that would immensely impact the effort in place to grow the game at the region, especially at the secondary and tertiary institutions.
“The PET Foundation project is highly welcomed here and with the huge medal haul by the University of Port Harcourt at the recently concluded NUGA (Nigeria University Games) in Lagos. Cricket in UniPort will definitely be the better for it.’ He said.
He added that there are chances that the development in the region be undermined if there are not national platforms for the talents to showcase their skills as NUGA provided for earlier in the year.
“Apart from other things, I believe that the PET project will help more student hone their skills and get better prepared for competitive engagements.”
Tonye added that the national players that are form the region of the country will benefit immensely as will them in using the facility to train ahead of national camps.
Nosa Agbonewanegbe, the Chief ground man at the Edo Boys High School High Performance Center in Benin who is presently overseeing the project said the project is in its final stage and will soon be delivered in few weeks’.
