NBBF President Urges Collaboration Among Basketball Stakeholders

Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) President, Musa Kida, said it is high time all stakeholders came around the NBBF board to enable it hit the ground running in its quest to start a domestic programme that players, technical officials and all stakeholders will be proud of.

In his first official response following the congratulatory message from the Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) after the January 31st election in Benin City, Kida said so much time had been wasted on political gimmicks which has adversely affected domestic basketball.

He enjoined all stakeholders to join hands with the Federation to create a domestic basketball system that will be all inclusive.

“Our domestic players have been the worst hit amidst all these distractions because it has been difficult to even engage with sponsors to get needed funds to run the various leagues. Nigerian players deserve more from all of us and we must do better”.

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“Our domestic players have been the worst hit amidst all these distractions because it has been difficult to even engage with sponsors to get needed funds to run the various leagues,” Kida said. “Nigerian players deserve more from all of us and we must do better.”

“Not everybody can be on the NBBF board at the same time. We need to support those there right now so that when it is your turn, you will have an existing structure to contribute your quota.”

“The national teams have been going for international competitions in their bid to qualify for the Afrobasket for men and the 2022 World Cup for women because the Federation had on several occasions shifted grounds in the interest of Nigeria.”

The NBBF president described as unfortunate the current trend where people intentionally create artificial crises just to make the basketball atmosphere toxic.

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