- Sports as a thematic area in Vision 2020
- Establishment of community sports centres
- Promotion of sports and physical fitness as a way of life
- Encouragement of sports as an instrument of national unity, economic development and international diplomacy
- Planning to win at least 10 Gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games; top the medals table at the 2011 All Africa Games; and win at least 4 and 8 Gold medals in the 2012
Olympic and Paralympics Games respectively
Encouraging the provision and maintenance of sports facilities across the country under public private partnership
Revitalization of schools, collegiate and institutional sports
Developing sports for enhancement of youth empowerment/ employment
Encouraging local manufacturing of sports equipment
Upgrading the National Institute for Sports
Establishment of a regulatory body to ensure the development of coaches, certification, classification and registration
Establishing a comprehensive talent identification and development programme
Establishing High Performance Centres for training of elite athletes
Re-energizing the National Sports Commission Zonal Offices to enhance grassroots sports
development
Empowering each National Sports Federation to organize at least four senior and junior
championships annually.