Basketball in Africa

The board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, will hold a special board meeting on Thursday at the federation’s Secretariat at the Park-B of the Abuja National Stadium.
The board will discuss the state of the game in the country and try to proffer solution on how best to continue to raise the the game in Nigeria.

According to Segun Ikuesan, Media Officer of the federation, President of the federation, Tijjani Umar, will chair the meeting.
Umar, who also doubles as 3rd Vice-President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC ,will brief the board on the activities of the federation in the last one year.
Ikuesan disclosed that the extra-ordinary meeting will be preceded by the meeting of the league board tomorrow at the same venue.
The league board is expected to give the report of the just concluded 2009/2010 NBBF/DSTV Premier League Season with the ratification of dunking off date for the 2010/2011 season.

The league board meeting will be chaired by its chairman, who is also the head of the federation’s technical committee, Muktar Adamu Khaleh.