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How Passion For Basketball Took Away My Goalkeeping Skills-Engr. Kida
NBBF Caretaker Chairman Engineer Ahmadu Musa Kida has revealed that his love for basketball took over his goalkeeping skills.
Kida who made this revelation while answering questions on the Personality Interview Segment of the FCT Football Updates virtual platform, said as a child, he was good in playing the game with his hands, which presumably may have led to his abandoning goalkeeping in football for basketball.
Quoting his words, Kida said ” as every Nigerian child, we started playing from the streets, and I was good with playing with my hands which eventually led me to be a goalkeeper. But, when I entered the secondary school, I reverted to basketball, from there my love for the game grew. In my form 3, I have started playing for my school team, and continue to the University level and thereafter”. He said that he represented the country twice at the World University Games, before graduating from the University.
He said that his love for pushed him into contesting for the various Board elections of the Rivers State Basketball Association, which cumulated into his become the Chairman of the State Basketball Association, before he emerged to represent South South in Board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, and eventually the President of the Federation.
Ahmadu Musa Kida is a Nigerian engineer hails from Borno State in Nigeria . He was the Deputy Managing Director, Deep Water Services, of Total Nigeria, until he voluntarily retired in the year 2020 and was also the president of the Nigerian Basketball Federation, ( 2017 – 2021) .
Kida received his degree in civil engineering from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1984. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in petroleum engineering from the Institut Francaise du Petrol (IFP) in Paris.
He started his career as a professional at ELF Petroleum Nigeria as a trainee engineer and materials coordinator. He joined Total Exploration & Production Nigeria in 1985 and has over 32 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry.
Ahmadu Musa Kida was appointed the Deputy Managing Director of TEPNG Deepwater District as well as on the Board member of Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria on August 01, 2015.
Kida became a member of the Total E&P Nigeria board in 2014 as executive director for the Port Harcourt district.
In August 2015, Kida was appointed as the deputy managing director of the Deepwater district in Lagos.
He attended several professional courses that includes the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Business School both in the USA.
He is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers International, a chartered Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) as well as a registered Member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
He is the Caretaker Chairman of the Board of Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF), following the dissolution of his elected Board in 2021.
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RMAFC Reaffirms Commitment To Boost Revenue Generation From Mining Sector
Joel Ajayi
In line with its commitment to bridging the gap in the remittance of revenue generated from the mining sector into the Federation Account, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission organised a sensitization workshop on the new template for data rendition in Enugu for the South East Zone on Thursday 16th October, 2025.
Speaking at the occasion, Chairman of the Commission Dr. Mohammed Bello Shehu reaffirmed the commitment of RMAFC to bridging the gap in the data remittance of revenue generated from the sector into the Federation Account.
“It has been established that despite the extent of activities going on in the Country’s mining sector, it contributes only a negligible amount to the Federation Account, largely due to the lack of proper and effective monitoring of mining activities. Hence, it is the intention of the RMAFC to work assiduously in order to ensure that all revenues due to the Federation Account from the mining sector are promptly remitted into the Federation’s distribution pool account as at when due.” He said.
The Chairman who was represented by the Federal Commissioner representing the Federal Capital Territory in the Commission, Ambassador Ayuba Jacob Ngbako stated that the new data rendition templates were designed to capture and manage relevant data with regards to specific measurement of quantity of minerals produced, producing companies and their locations, particular licenses, fees and permits paid by mining companies. According to him, if the data is properly managed and utilized, it will go a long way in ensuring that mining operations and revenues therefrom are effectively tracked and accounted for.
Dr. Shehu emphasized the imperativeness of the new data rendition template given the current economic difficulties the country is going through. He added that the perpetual over dependence on hydrocarbon sources of revenue, which is often plagued by the vagaries of the international oil market in addition to other reasons such as the problems of pipeline vandalism and oil theft underscores the determination of the President Bola Tinubu led administration to harness revenue potentials from other sectors of the country’s economy such as the solid minerals, agriculture, manufacturing and the blue economy.
In his goodwill message, the Executive Governor of Enugu State His Excellency Governor Peter Mbah, who was represented at the occasion by the Honourable Commissioner of Energy and Mineral resources of the state, Honourable Franklin Ogbonna described the new template as a significant step towards building a reliable framework for revenue monitoring and proper resource allocation framework. He added that accurate data is the foundation of sound policy formulation and effective revenue management. ” It enables both the Federal and State Governments to assess real production figures, close leakages, and ensure that due revenues are remitted for the benefit of all Nigerians.” He said.
The governor further said that the initiative aligns perfectly with the drive to reposition the solid minerals sector as a key contributor to the internally generated revenue and economic diversification agenda of the state.
In his welcome address, the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Commission, Honourable Ozo Obodougo Obumneme stated that the exercise was primarily aimed at ensuring the existence of a platform for independent data source for the Commission which will be free of summation errors and could be used for comparison as advanced information for attribution purposes.
The Commissioner for Solid Minerals in Ebonyi State, Honourable Onyia Emmanuel, Honourable Commissioner of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Abia State, Prof Joel Ogbonna, Honourable Commissioner for Local Government in Anambra State, Honourable Tony Nwabuno and the Permanent Secratary Ministry of Industry, Mines and Minerals in Imo State, Mrs Obialor Angela all praised the initiative in their goodwill messages.
The sensitisation exercise scheduled to be held in the six geopolitical zones of the country, which commenced on the 7th of October 2025 in Abuja, was followed by the one organised in Asaba Delta State for the South – South region on the 13th of October, 2025.
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