President Bola Ahmed Tinubu congratulates the Director-Basic of the Power Fee of Nigeria (ECN), Mustapha Abdullahi, on his election as President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
President Tinubu describes Abdullahi’s election as a possibility to advance basketball building in Nigeria.
He urges the brand new NBBF President to make use of his enjoy, management, and dedication to enhance the federation, fortify the game’s management, and create extra alternatives for younger Nigerian basketball abilities to excel at nationwide and global ranges.
The President calls on all stakeholders in Nigerian basketball, together with gamers, coaches, directors, sponsors, and supporters, to rally at the back of the brand new management and paintings jointly to construct a more potent, extra aggressive, and professionally controlled federation.
“The brand new NBBF management will have to emphasise the advance of the welfare of athletes, efficient ability identity and the promotion of each males’s and girls’s basketball as crucial pillars for the sustained expansion of the game.
“I want the brand new NBBF Boss a a success tenure and guarantee him of the Federal Govt’s endured popularity of sports activities as a very powerful platform for early life empowerment, nationwide team spirit and global engagement,” President Tinubu provides.
Bayo Onanuga
Particular Adviser to the President
(Knowledge & Technique)
October 16, 2026