Basketball
NBBF Has No Constitution-Osita Nwachukwu
A former board member of the Nigeria Basketball Federation,NBBF under Engr.Musa Kida led board Osita Nwachukwu, has revealed that the federation has no legal document called the consistution.
Nwachukwu who emerged as NBBF Vice President in Abuja made the revelation on Tuesday in a chat with Journalists at the nation’s capital,Abuja.
According to him, the document being brandish as constitution was never endorsed by the NBBF congress.
“Let me state clearly here, the NBBF never had a constitution, what we have before was the Tijani Umar’s constitution that was never accepted. The claim that NBBF congress endorsed a constitution on April 13, 2019 is false and a big lie.
“What happened on that said day was only a stakeholders meeting; of which I was part of.
Also, if the NBBF had endorsed that constitution, the dissolution of the NBBF board in May 2021, would have been resisted by whole basketball family, including Kida himself. Having accepted the position of a caretaker chairman, Engr. Musa Kida lacks the power to act under what he called constitution.”Nwachukwu stated.
The NBBF Vice President explains that the Abuja January 31, 2022 election was the authentic one, stating that the Abuja’s election followed the ministry’s guidelines and instructions.
“Our election is the authentic one because we followed the ministry’s order.
“Remember, we started with the Players’ Rep and Technical Rep conducted by the Ministry in which Kida was part of, and also, the ministry ordered that the election must hold on January 31, 2022 at the MKO Abiola stadium, Abuja. Tell me, do you change the rule of a game in the middle of the game? “He queried.
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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