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NBBF Board Set To Review Federation Statutes

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3 years ago

April 13, 2022

Joel Ajayi
The Board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation ( NBBF) led by Engineer Musa Kida has resolved its willingness for the amendment of certain portions of the 2019 NBBF constitution, as proposed or requested by all basketball stakeholders:
Rising from its board meeting held in Lagos recently, the Board thus set in motion the processes, as required by the constitution for the Amendments, which will include submissions already received from some stakeholders, and the FMYSD that have been collated already.
According to the Communique released, All state associations and members of the nbbf shall be communicated to submit their proposals as expressed by them in the last 2 extraordinary and the elective Congresses, while a newspaper publication shall be made inviting the wider stakeholders for their contributions. All views and positions of all the stakeholders will be sent to the NBBF Secretariat via mail within the specified time for final collation.
” All the Collated views, opinions and inputs will be extensively deliberated upon at a Board Meeting and a thorough brief prepared and forwarded to all members of the congress with the minimum 21 day constitutional notice for an extraordinary Congress for the necessary amendments, where necessary, and as required”.
“The amended constitution, as approved by the congress, will be forwarded to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, Nigeria Olympics Committee and FIBA for their final input and advice

” The final amended constitution will be forwarded to FIBA for their necessary approval for the amendments to be official and operational. Copies of the final amended constitution,as approved by FIBA, will be domiciled with all the relevant bodies, the 36 states Basketball Associations and the FCT and all the other affiliate organs of the NBBF”.

The Board further resolved its determination to take the constitution amendment exercise seriously, and respect the constitutional provisions so as to put to final rest the grievances and other misgivings associated with the 2019 NBBF approved constitution”.

The also deliberated on, and adopted the Programme of Activities for year 2022. The Board directed the NBBF Secretariat to release the Programme of activities for the year 2022, which will include Local, International and Training Activities, within the next week, after the approved adjustments proposed by members are affected.

They resolved to reach out to other institutions of higher learning,other than NUGA, and the NSSF, with which it is already collaborating on developmental issues; viz NIPOGA and NATCEGA, to widen the scope of support that the NBBF can offer to Basketball events for the growth and development of the game of Basketball in those institutions and in Nigeria as a whole.

They finally resolved that all known Invitational Tournaments in existence in Nigeria should be captured and harmonized on the NBBF Programme of Activities calendar, to make for easy co-ordination. To this end, all progenitors of such events should be encouraged to notify the NBBF so that the events can be captured on the NBBF Calendar.

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Senate Set to Endorse 30% Value Addition Requirement for Raw Materials

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2 weeks ago

May 20, 2025

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Nigerian Senate has assured Nigerians and Africans that the 30% raw materials bill would be passed this week and transmitted to the House of Representatives for concurrence.
Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio gave the assurance on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the inaugural Africa Raw Materials Summit 2025, held on Tuesday in Abuja, with the theme, “Shaping the Future of Africa’s Resource Landscape.”

Speaking through the Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Sen. Aminu Abbas, Akpabio said, “I can assure you that the 30% value addition bill before the Senate will be passed this week and transmitted to the House Representatives for concurrence.”

Earlier in his speech, he said, “In the Nigerian Senate, we have resolved to be proactive in addressing this structural imbalance. It is in this spirit that I reaffirm our full legislative backing for the 30% Minimum Value-Addition Bill, currently under consideration. This groundbreaking bill mandates that no raw material of Nigerian origin shall be exported without undergoing a minimum of 30% local value addition—whether through processing, refining, packaging, or industrial transformation.

“This legislation is not intended to stifle trade; rather, it is designed to ignite domestic enterprise, create jobs, attract capital, and build resilient value chains that benefit our people.”

“We must reject the historic pattern in which Africa merely supplies inputs while others reap the benefits of innovation, branding, and global market control.” he added.

“It is my hope that this model will be replicated across African nations, with regional centres of excellence established to share data, technologies, and best practices in raw material development.”

He used the opportunity to call on African countries to replicate the legislation in their countries to boost their economies.

“Permit me, therefore, to echo the call for the adoption of an Abuja Declaration on Raw Materials and Industrial Transformation in Africa. Let this declaration not merely reside in summit communiqués but become a living charter—a reference for executive action, legislative alignment, and investment mobilisation.

“Let it guide our representations at the African Union, the G20, and global trade forums where Africa’s voice must no longer be that of a supplier, but that of a producer,” he said.

The Minister of Science Innovation and Technology, Chief Geoffrey Innaji, speaking through the Minister of Transport, said “We are deploying digital tools, traceability infrastructure, and research-to-industry pathways to strengthen intra-African trade under AfCFTA. This is how Africa moves from extraction to transformation—from potential to prosperity.

“Let this summit send a clear message: Africa will no longer export its future in raw form. Our minerals will power industries, our crops will feed global markets, and our youth will drive innovation,” he said.

On his part, the Minister of State for Industry, John Owen, in his speech noted that, “with African continental free trade area, I believe that a lot of opportunities are already being opened to see how we can do much more than we are currently doing, and the statistics in terms of export trade should be less in terms of exporting raw materials and more in terms of exporting finished goods.”

Commenting on the Summit, the Director General Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof. Nnanyelugo Ike-Mounso, in his speech said, “Today, in the heart of Africa, we gather not merely for a summit, but for a solemn declaration: Africa shall no longer be the warehouse of raw potential, but the workshop of refined prosperity.”

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