Basketball
Traditional Ruler Vows To Use Sports To Lift Many Youth
…As Pledges To reclaim converted Basketball Sites In FCT
Joel Ajayi
The Newly ambassador of Global Peace Advocacy And Empowerment Initiative GPAEI, His Royal Highness Udumeze 111 Of Lokpanta Eze Sir Ifeanyi Eke has promised to lift and give hope to many hopeless young Nigerians through empowerment in sports especially the game of basketball, thereby vowed to reclaim all the converted basketball site in the Federal Capital Territory.
An icon of hope, a Philanthropist, a mentor, and a life patron of the GPAEI/NDLEA War Against Drug Abuse Campaign, Sir Eke made this promise on Wednesday in Abuja when he was named ambassador of GPAEI.
According to him, I have put a memo on the table of the Minister of FCT to recover all the basketball sites in FCT and equally to rehabilitate them basketball sites in all parts of the FCT as the case may be
“Once we engage the youth in doing sports not only basketball but even football, youth must be gainfully engaging, if you don’t engage them issues of drug abuse are not going to stop because it’s a societal issue and if society doesn’t frown at it the thing will continue.
“So my main aim is to go to grassroots and engage the youth, if we can engage them gainfully with sports after school by providing enable environment that will enable them to have clubs that can use to mentor them.
“If the youth are not mentored very well then there is a problem.
“That is why I am using sports as a tool and one of the sports I want to use is basketball the game I love and the game I played to advance many youth in the country.”
He, however, called on all the players to keep off the drugs and alcohol that will not do them any good but damage their life
“I want to use this medium to call on all players to shun all forms of the drug because drugs remain the virus that spoilt the fruit”
Speaking also was Coach Emmanuel Odah applauded the gesture of His Royal Highness Udumeze 111 Of Lokpanta Eze Sir Ifeanyi Eke to reclaim all the converted basketball facilities.
He said that it’s a welcome development because what has been the problem is facilities and equipment if we have more facilities in the FCT that means we are going to turn out more superstars for the future.
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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