The brand new government committee of Nigerian Basketball Federation (NBBF) has gained a robust directive from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make certain that they ‘create extra alternatives for younger skills’ within the recreation.
Sports247 collected that this directive used to be supplied in a message of congratulation that President Tinubu despatched to the NBBF’s new president, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, who’s a former baaketball participant and present director-general of Power Fee of Nigeria (ECN).
The congratulatory message, which used to be signed by way of Tinubu’s particular adviser on data and technique, Bayo Onanuga, described Abdullahi’s election as a possibility for him so as to add his personal quota within the enhanced construction of basketball in Nigeria.
He additionally suggested the brand new NBBF president to make use of his zeal, enjoy, management abilities and dedication to make stronger the NBBF, reinforce organisation and management of the game in addition to create alternatives for younger Nigerian basketball skills to excel at world ranges.
Sports247 collected additional that Tinubu often known as on all basketball fans, stakeholders, avid gamers, coaches, sponsors, directors and supporters to paintings with the brand new board, so as to jointly construct a more potent and professionally run federation.