Basketball
NBBF Election: Stop Dragging My Name In Mud, Kida Blast Opposition
The Chairman Caretaker Committee of Nigeria basketball Federation NBBF, Engr. Musa Kida has blasted the opposition to stop dragging his name into the mud but they should rather come with the badge of what they wanted to offer.
Kida in reaction on Thursday in Abuja to the statement made Nigeria Basketball Vanguard accusing him of fraud, lack of transparency and busy calling him names.
He appealed to the set of opposition to leave him to bury his cross and carry their own cross saying the game is fair play.
According to him, elections are normally very interesting periods when I was campaigning 4 years ago, I was campaigning telling people what I wanted to do, I was campaigning based on the records I have myself, the achievement of what I thought I did to merit their confidence.
But this day, everybody who wants to contest as President of the Basketball Federation thinks they can get the badge of honour by just attacking me as president and nothing else.
“I think people should open their eyes better, let people stand the scrutiny of what they have done in the past, and if they have not done anything in the past, the game is fair game, they should be frank enough to say look I have not done anything like this but this what I wanted to do and appeal to the conscience of our stakeholders instead of coming drag my name in the mud because that what can be spectacular about how they can present themselves
“Let them leave me, let me burry my own cross, let them carry theirs, let them tells us what achievement they have and tell us what they won’t do in the next four year
Again, for me I am passionate about basketball, I have always done basketball even when I was not President and I don’t believe is only in being president that I will do what I need to do for basketball.
“Let them come with their history bag showing what they have and tell stakeholders what they want to do and strictly base on that, I want to encourage stakeholders to be incisive and insightful about analysis of what they want to offer, apart from blaming Musa Kida of doing this or not doing that let them say what they want to do.” He advised the opposition
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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