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AUDA-NEPAD Continental CEO Visits Nigeria, Seeks Stronger Collaboration and Renewed Support
The Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, paid a working visit to the AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria office in Abuja, where she was warmly received by the National Coordinator/CEO, Hon. Jabiru Salisu Abdullahi, and senior management of the Agency.
During the visit, both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening synergy between the continental and national structures of AUDA-NEPAD to accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2063 and Nigeria’s National Programme of Action (NPoA). Ms. Bekele-Thomas commended Nigeria’s contributions to regional development and called for enhanced cooperation to achieve tangible, people-centered outcomes.
In her remarks, she made a passionate plea to the Nigerian government to resume its statutory contributions to the AUDA, stressing that such funding is critical to sustaining key development interventions, including agriculture, governance, youth empowerment, and continental peer review mechanisms.
Hon. Jabiru Salisu Abdullahi assured the Continental CEO of Nigeria’s continued dedication to AUDA-NEPAD priorities and emphasized the Agency’s recent milestones, including the successful disbursement of grants to smallholder farmers and expanded capacity-building efforts for staff and stakeholders.
The visit marks a renewed chapter of engagement, with both sides expressing optimism for deeper collaboration and more impactful development delivery across Nigeria and the continent.##
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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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