Deji Elumoye in Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Mustapha Abdullahi, on his election as President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
The President, in a launch issued yesterday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described Abdullahi’s election as a chance to advance basketball improvement in Nigeria.
He urged the brand new NBBF President to make use of his expertise, management, and dedication to strengthen the federation, enhance the game’s administration, and create extra alternatives for younger Nigerian basketball skills to excel at nationwide and worldwide ranges.
Tinubu referred to as on all stakeholders in Nigerian basketball, together with gamers, coaches, directors, sponsors, and supporters, to rally behind the brand new management and work collectively to construct a stronger, extra aggressive, and professionally managed federation.
According to the President, “The new NBBF management ought to emphasise the development of the welfare of athletes, efficient expertise identification and the promotion of each males’s and girls’s basketball as important pillars for the sustained development of the game.
“I wish the new NBBF Boss a successful tenure and assure him of the Federal Government’s continued recognition of sports as an important platform for youth empowerment, national unity and international engagement.”
