Basketball

Kida, Igali, Nimrod Others Can Take Their Federations To The Top-Stakeholders

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5 years ago

August 17, 2021

As federation elections are around the corner, various stakeholders have identified federations Caretaker Chairman like (Engr. Musa Kida),Basketball, (Mr Boye Oyerinde),Squash Federation (Engr. Musa Nimrod), Volleyball Federation (Francis Orbih Esq),Badminton ( Mr Daniel Igali),Wrestling (Mr. Samuel Ocheho) Handball amongst others, as sports Federations leaders that Nigeria need to have, if sports want to be at the zenith of sporting events, both locally and globally.

Sports stakeholders’ on an influential social media platform, Nigeria Sports Center, threw their weight behind the return of the Interim Caretaker, Chairman of Nigeria Basketball Federation, Ahmadu Musa Kida, Engr. Musa Nimrod and others, who have distinguised themselves in the last Board, as the substantive President of the Federation, having seeing them transformed their federations in first tenure of their reign.

The discussion started with a post from one Wonderland Events on the “Best candidates for next month’s Federation election based on their recent performance.

One Joseph Onekwu expressed interest on what Engr. Musa Kida has done in Basketball to make him best candidate for the presidency.

He stressed that, the Federations need President who can keep the athletes busy with competitions and ensure that the country qualifies for the Commonwealth Games, African Games and Olympics. “We need referees and coaching clinics too to upgrade knowledge of the technical officials.” He concluded that these will save the country’s sports from going into extinction.

This however, elicited responses from participants who went ahead to outline the various achievements of Engineer Musa Ahmed Kida at the Basketball Federation that makes him the best to occupy the position.According to Wonderland Events, “Under Kida’s leadership, Nigeria qualified for the Olympics in male and female category.

The first country to achieve this in Africa. Under Kida, Total Energy came into Division 1 and Division 2 of our basketball league. This is a lower Division and not even the premier league. These are unprecedented success.”Continuing, he said “the Division one league is different from the premier league. You are aware that the premier league was put on hold by a court judgement and luckily the court has reversed the decision.”Right now, effort is on to start the league.”

To Akeem Busari, Engr Musa Kida is the best thing to have happened to Basketball in Nigeria “Without gainsaying, Engr. Kida is the best thing to happen to basketball in Nigeria, in recent times. We need not recount how he spent his hard-earned personal funds, resources and galvanized local and foreign support and interests for the game in Nigeria”.

“I am a great supporter of excellent, exemplary and selfless leadership in whatever sphere”.“Remember, the long battle he fought and eventually won in the law courts to regain the basketball league and bring back sanity to the game”.

“Talking about the representation of local players in the basketball national teams, the almost comatose state of the game in Nigeria, obviously played a big role in the selection processes. Now, with coach Brown extending his contract, and the divisions 1&2 coming up, basketball development in Nigeria can only get better”.

“Engr. Musa Kida, like Musa Nimrod, Daniel Igali, CSP Abubakar Yakubu deserve another tenure in office”, he concluded.Dominic Ehimare summed it up saying, “I am with Musa Kida for life. I have only come in contact with him once and he left an indelible impressive impression in me about how sports matters should reside in the hands of competent people and not square pegs in round holes”.Others who spoke on the platform enumerated the achievements of NBBF under Kida which are countless, and thereby sought for the support of Nigerians to the Borno state Born Kida to continue the good work.

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Fresh Ideas, Science Needed to Revitalise Basketball —ABA

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6 days ago

September 27, 2026

The Gleamer

Cyril Ogar

President/Founder, Amateur Basketball Academies, ABA, Aliyu Lucky Abubakar has called for a scientific and pragmatic approach to rediscovering the game of basketball in the North East.

The former player of many teams in Nigeria stated this on Saturday during training of coaches in Yola, Adamawa State.

Aliyu said the training is aimed to arm Coaches so they can, in turn, reach the children, especially those that ABA may not. The Deputy Comptroller in Nigeria Customs Service decried non-challant attitudes of the stakeholders in the development of basketball in the North East.

” Basketball is fading in the North East, and we at ABA will not allow it to die.”

“Adamawa was once a force in the game of basketball but had fallen behind. Our plan is to discover talent through coaching training, nurture it, and carry it from state level to the national team, and eventually, the global stage.” The basketball administrator said.

In his keynote message to the participants, which centered on the theme, “HOPE,” Harnessing opportunity, Organising for excellence, Promoting players’ development, and Empowering the next generation, Aliyu said, is far more than a drill instructors.

” Every child you see on a basketball court has a dream, and it is our job as a coach to spot it early and give it somewhere to go.” He concluded.

In his lecture titled, ” Who is a Coach”, Emmanuel Odah, the head Coach, FCT Basketball and former National Juniors team, described a coach as a committed, organised, affectionate, caring and humble.

” Commitment is consistency, and consistency is mother of progress; humility comes first because a coach who can not control himself can never control a game,” Odah insisted.

Other instructors at the training include ABA head of technical, Coach Adeka Daudu, as well as Coach Alexander Anyebe Ujoh, who spoke about the relationship between a coach and child in his care.

Coaches at the training commended ABA for its boldness to give hopes to basketball coaches all over the country. They promised that lessons learned would reshape and reset their mind on the job. They said the training will help them in understanding their role not only as an instructor but also grooming the children for a better future.

Among guests at the event include FCT Acting Director of Sports, Mr. Iyiola Ogundele and Bayelsa Veteran Basketball administrator, Coach Tony

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