Basketball
NBBF Elections: Fix A Date for Elections, Group Charges NBBF
..berates sports ministry over its silence, weeks after receiving reconciliation committee report
By Lateef Adekola
It is almost two weeks since Minister of Sports reportedly received the report and resolutions from the reconciliation committee he set up to help find solutions to the election issues locking Nigeria Basketball Federation.
And the two weeks of loud silence have caught the ire of Friends of Nigeria Sports, a group of journalists, stakeholders and enthusiasts, who expressed their dismay over the action and inactions of the sports minister.
In a statement released yesterday by FNS, it demanded that Sunday Dare move quickly and implement the resolutions of the committee in the interest of the teeming Nigerian youths and lovers of the game.
In the statement signed by spokesperson of FNS, Asiwaju Akeem Busari, it advised the sports minister and officials of the ministry to respect the existing constitution of NBBF which empowers its current president to call for an elective congress that is expected to bring in a new board.
” We advise the sports minister to show his hands as a transparent person by supporting this clarion for the NBBF to fix a date for its elections to hold between now and the second week of January, 2022, without further delays.
” This present situations in the NBBF is unfortunate because some selfish people are enjoying from the illegalities of taking over the official roles of the NBBF.
” We want to advise that the minister should also rein in the NBBF secretary-general over her selfish and illegal activities concerning the federation, as she has turned into a de-facto president.
FNS, went ahead to warn of a looming ban on Nigeria by FIBA, the world’s basketball body. It added that going into the new basketball calendar year that would see both Nigeria male and female teams participating in continental and global championships, FIBA might hit Nigeria with its hammer.
” The earlier, we have the NBBF elections, the better for the game in the country, as it would put the new board in a proper stead to consolidate on the progress of the game, so far achieved.
” FNS, is pleading that the sports minister harken to this advice and put on his garb as a true patriot and not to rubbish his modest achievements.
” Lastly, if the NBBF elections are delayed further than expected and Nigeria incurs the wrath of FIBA, Nigerians and indeed, the world, should know at which doors to lay the blames,” it concluded.
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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