Basketball

Basketball: We need to do the right thing to develop basketball in Nigeria-Morission

Published

5 years ago

September 21, 2021

Basketball: We need to do the right thing to develop basketball in Nigeria-Morission

The Chairman, Kaduna State basketball Association, Skambo Morisson on Monday said the Federal Ministry of Sports and the Basketball Federation needed to do the right things that would enhance the development of the game in the country.

He said that they came for the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) athletes and technical representative election but “we were shocked to see that nothing was happening.

“We came for the election and we are expecting like what we saw in other Federations already having their own athletes and coaches representative elections, we just discovered that there were no places prepared for us.

“We went to the secretariat and were told that some issues have to be settled, especially the rules of using guidelines in the constitution.

“But we are still wandering why they gave us a date for the election for today and the election is not holding.

“What we need to do to get the right things done, we need the right thing to see a constitution that has been retrieved by Nigerians the stakeholders of basketball,” he said.

According to him, they want to have a document that shows that FIBA has approved our own constitution.

“This is what we want – either we have the right constitution or I don’t think there is any election that will to be very credible here again.

“I think the ministry should do the right thing. They are habitants. They are the one in between the Federation and the people and the stakeholders.

“They control the sports, we don’t have the Federation and it’s been dissolved and there is no things called Basketball Federation,” he said.

It will be recall that the NBBF athlete’s and technical representative election was cancelled at the package B of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.

The new date for the election is not yet known

Share on Facebook

Basketball

Fresh Ideas, Science Needed to Revitalise Basketball —ABA

Published

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

Share on Facebook