Basketball
Jump On Board, Kida Charges Basketball Stakeholders
By Raymond Nwaduba
Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) president, Engr. Musa Kida has extended an olive branch to all genuine, passionate and concerned basketball stakeholders in the country, charging them to jump on board the plane of the re-elected Excos, currently piloting the affairs of the sport in the country.
He made this call during the board’s first meeting which was held at the Capital club, Victoria Island, Lagos, at the weekend.The meeting, which had the creme de la creme of basketball in Nigeria, including representative from the Federal Ministry of Youth & Sports Development (FMY&SD) amongst others in attendance, was an opportunity for the board to officially meet for the first time, since after the elections, to discuss very crucial matters as it affects the development of the sport in Nigeria.
“We’ve been disunited for a while, but I think we must understand that it is basketball that must unite us, begins Kida.”At this time, unity is what brings peace and peace is what brings progress and development.
“To all Nigerian basketball stakeholders, I want to say jump on board. Speaking further, the NBBF boss continued to sue for peace and the cooperation of all, as that is the only way they can be able to carry out their mandate and set objectives.
Recall, that the NBBF were thrown or bedeviled by infighting, horse trading and seemingly unending palaver in the last four years which almost stunted or limited basket growth in the country but for the resilience of the Kida led board.
“We should all be receptive to our ideas, we should be receptive to our constructive criticisms, we should constructive to each others point of view, and at the end of the day, let’s look and work purely for the interest of basketball”, he 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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