Basketball
Stop working against the progress of Nigerian Basketball- Friends of Nigeria Sports advises destractors
The Group under the agies of Friend of Nigeria Sports have called on the group of distractor known as Nigeria Basketball Vanguard to stop working against the progress of the game in the last four years but rather channel their energy on what can grow the game.
With less than 14 days to the elections, the destractors, and enemy of progress, known as Nigeria Basketball Vanguard have said they will not participate in any election expect the Basketball Federation, (NBBF) constitution is ratified by the Congress of all not stakeholders.
In reaction to the demands of the group of distractors, the Friends of Nigeria Sports in their open letter to Mr President has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to turn deaf ears on the agitation of some self centered individuals pushing for the destruction of gains already accumulated from the Basketball.
In an open letter to the President, and signed by the leader, Asiwaju Akeem Busari, the group said “the pains and anguish bedeviling our national life is hydra-headed. These pains are actually, self-induced. Most times, the blames are erroneously laid at the steps of our national leaders”.
“Mr. President, today, administration of sports in Nigeria, is in the danger of returning to its hitherto abysmal state. Politics, ego, greed, religion and ethnic sentiments have seemingly taken our sports back to the precipice of destruction.
” Mr. President, the masterstroke to lift up the morale of stakeholders and athletes in Nigerian sports, was the appointment of Sunday Dare as the minister of youth and sports administrator.
” And interestingly, it coincided with the sweet emergency of astute, experienced, selfless and patriotic sport administrators like Engineer Ahmadu Musa Kida.
” Ahmadu Musa Kida, a former national basketball player, took the reins of Nigeria Basketball Federation from TJ Umar in 2017. And it has been upward surge for basketball in Nigeria, what with its newly found fervour, attractiveness and developmental strides of Engr. Musa Kida’s led board.
“The achievements of NBBF under Musa Kida, included amongst many incredible feats, winning back to back Afrobasketball championships; making history as the first African nation to qualify both its female and male teams for the Olympic games at a time.
” Spending personal hard-earned finances and resources to propagate and promote the development of the game in Nigeria, with little or no financial assistance from the relevant sport authorities, Musa Kida, stoically, remained resolute in his desires to take the game to utopian heights.”
However, the Ministry of youth and Sports has penciled September 30th for the federation election and the good news is that Basketball Federation under the able leadership of Engr Musa Kida have their constitution ratified by international body.
Basketball
Fresh Ideas, Science Needed to Revitalise Basketball —ABA
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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