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NBBF Elections: Basketball Players, ask Engr. Kida to step down
.. Thumbs sport ministry for prompt intervention
Joel Ajayi
The Nigerian Basketball players on Tuesday asked Caretaker Chairman of Basketball Federation Engr Musa Kida who is contesting for the position of the president, to step down for the electoral committee to do its job a action the will bring free and fair elections into the board of basketball in the country.
This even as the stakeholders in their numbers thanked sports ministry for the indefinitely suspension of the Federation election slated for 30th October in Benin Edo state by Engr. Kida.
Addressing Journalists in a world Press conference on Tuesday in Abuja on behalf of the group, the players’ representative in the NBBF board, Stanley Gumut, said all the players asking for is fair play.
We want to appericiate federal Ministry of youth and sports development we started this journey some weeks ago demanding right thing should be done in Basketball, and ministry have indeed shown leadership.
“Our prayer is that the former caretaker committee’s chairman, Musa Kida, will stop parading himself as the caretaker chairman so as to allow for fair play.
“This is very important because if these things continue to linger, that means we have not headed anywhere yet.
Nigerian Basketball stakeholders will not fold their hands to watch basketball go down
“We so desire our national leagues, age grade group games as well as our women league come back to us.”
He called on the government to do the needful, stressing that; “they were the one who made him [Kida] a caretaker committee chairman they should not shy away from removing him.
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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