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Basketball Promoter Akpoyibo Terfa Offers Scholarship to 50 Students in Celebration of His 50th Birthday
By Joel Ajayi
Akpoyibo Terfa, a prominent basketball administrator and promoter of the renowned basketball event, Power Forward tourney, is offering scholarships to 50 young students in Nigeria in celebration of his 50th birthday.
Terfa, who is not a basketball player but has been a dedicated administrator, has significantly contributed to the growth and development of basketball in Nigeria for over a decade.
During an exhibition match held in his honour on Saturday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, Terfa expressed his gratitude to God for the grace to celebrate his 50th birthday in good health. The venue was filled with well-wishers, all there to honour the easygoing Terfa on this special occasion.
According to him, As God has giving me grace to reach this milestone, i have decided to impact the society, that is why I have the ideal of Akpoyibo Terfa at 50 years, 50 shot , 50 scholarship which means 50 students will be giving scholarship where we shall have their WAEC and NECO registered.
“We find out that it will cost 70,000 Naira to get one person register, and the total cost will 3.5 million and that is why we are here today with the support of other basketball stakeholders.
“We are using the platform of basketball to raise these funds. And then I’m going to shoot 50 shots. I shorts, and each short is pegged at 10,000 naira.
“So, by the time I make 50 shots, at 10,000 naira that will be 500,000 and a whole lot of my friends are already here give theirs.
“I don’t play basketball. I’m not a Basketballer, but I’ve been a basketball administrator. Running the junior MBA powerful program for 10 years.
“So, thank you as you we do this game for humanity, and I pray that every one of you here who is not yet 50, you will be celebrated with good health.
“We are not going to relent in our support to humanity, by the grace of God, in the next five years again, we’ll gather here for a bigger, bigger opportunity.”
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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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