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NBBF: Ejike Ugboaja, Gumut misguided. Leave the Ministry out

Published

3 years ago

January 27, 2022

The recent media attack and misinformation aimed at blackmailing the Ministry by some players viewed against the backdrop of Nigeria’s recent ban from the lucrative basketball league Africa is very sad and unacceptable. One begins to wonder what the interest of these players is. Why do they think the Ministry should take sides?

Since September the Ministry has worked hard to resolve the NBBF issue to no avail. Ministry even suspended the October 30 election. FIBA stepped with a stern warning and a series of letters to the Ministry and the Minister. It frowned at government interference and warned of a ban. We managed to escape one, thanks to the dexterity of the Ministry. We made it to Angola.
Ministry has since heeded FIBA advice clearly stated in letters that are already in the Public domain. The Reconciliation Committee report recommended toying the FIBA Line and having the congress make final decisions, not the ministry.

Ugboaja and Gumut need to answer some questions and desist from their ruinous and destructive path. Why did he not stop his own election and that of the technical representative? Is he not representing the players Union on the Board? Or has anyone stopped him?

What about the yearly leagues in divisions one and two, that Kida got title sponsors for? Who took the Kwesse premier league to the court that stopped Kida from organizing?

The court threatened Kida with arrest for contempt of court for trying to cut corners to do the premier league with his own money and tagged it “the president cup”. Immediately the court dismissed their case, Kida again raised money to do the Premier league up to the last 8, before it was high jacked and ran by the Ministry that now caused Nigeria to be banned by FIBA from BAL. He said only 2 tournaments, The nation’s cup, and the Olympics.

Do you just enter into these tournaments without playing the qualifiers? Which are in numerous phases! You can see the numerous events Nigeria attended that Patrick posted above. Not to talk of referred development programmed and others, so many programs at the zonal level that were carried out by Kida without sponsorships!

You can see that Gumut is just talking out of pure hatred for Kida’s tenacity and drive to move basketball forward. If he does not want elections on the other constituencies, tell him to write to the ministry that he has resigned from the Board and let every other elected member do the same.

You can’t be happy that you won your elections and you don’t want other constituencies to have the same privilege.

More so, has anyone stopped them from picking forms that are free to contest? The forms are free. Everyone is free to contest for any position, including the president.

Except for presidents that have served two terms as prescribed by the statutes! All of them making noise, how many of them are delegates?

Which constituency do they represent?
When Buhari was contesting, was it everybody that liked Buhari? So because some people did not like him, INEC should not conduct elections? Their actions portray them as illiterate that don’t even know what they are doing! They are just being misled like cows! If Kida wants to organize a match, will Abuja contain the people that will come! But you can not. Shave like them, that is why he refused to do what they are doing.

Kida is busy campaigning to win over voters with his scorecards, while they are busy printing T-Shirts and spreading falsehood! They should first study the constitution ( statutes) that they were a part of its production with FIBA, NOC, and the FMY&SD’s heavy involvement. Kida did not manufacture it in his bedroom. It was a result of Congress’s decisions that they were apart!
Gumut should have asked his state chairman why he agreed for the statutes to be passed, and which part of the statutes shortchanged him as a player. Is it not the same statutes that got him elected as Players’ rep?

Why did he not turn it down! Sometimes, I truly wonder how some people’s selfishness, foolishness, and utter stupidity are so glaringly displayed to a point of public bemusement!

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Match Day 2: Nigeria Customs Basketball Women`s Team Hold On beats Societte OmniSports 66-59

Published

16 hours ago

November 7, 2024

The Gleamer

Oluwabusayo Olowookere

The Nigeria Customs Women Basketball Team had to stay strong in the final quarter of their encounter against Societte Omnisport De L`Armee of Ivory Coast to win 66-59 points at ongoing FIBA Africa Women`s Basketball League Zone 3 Qualifer inside the SKD Gymnasium Paynesville Morovia Liberia.

The Customs Ladies, who secured their first win Teusday started on a strong footing dictating the flow of the game against their opponent Kourtni Perry and Tobiloba Ogedengbe ensuring that the team keep their solidity when defending and on the attack to end the first quarter 24-18 in favour of the Customs Ladies.

In the second quarter, a resilient Customs ladies who pushed took further control of the game scoring 16points as against 8points of their Ivorian opponent finishing the half time at 40-26 points.

On resuming into the third quarter, the bench of Societte Omnisport De L`Armee lifted their team to go all out as they came trying to force the Border Girls into their shell as they scored 18 points to Customs 14 points to cut the lead to 10points going into the break.

In the last quarter, Coach Abdulrahman of Nigeria Customs Service Basketball team deployed every tactics of the game to ensure that they kill of the energy of the Ivorien ladies as they kept on pushing on to find a way back into the game but at the end lost it out by 66-59 points to the Adewale Adeniyi ladies.

Reacting after the game, Head Coach Abdulrahman Mohammed admitted that the game was very difficult but experience got the results for them.

“First of all let me thanked my ladies for holding on in the game because it a game that was more physical and energy consuming for us, we both had a win in our opening game and I told my girls it won`t be an easy game, but I am happy we got the needed result”.

“We are here to win again and we must take every game to get to our target here. Every team here are not a pushover so for we have to put this one behind us and get set for our next game”.

The FIBA Zone 3 AWBL defending champion Nigeria Customs Service Basketball club will tomorrow evening play their last group game against Commissioners of Liberia at the same venue.

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