Nigeria U19 national team for Men has been invited for the 2010 NIKE Global Invitational tournament holding from august 5 through 9, 2010 in Portland Oregon, United States of America.
According to the president of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Tijjani Umar Nigeria invitation is sequel to the partnership between the NBBF and the sports wear manufacturing giant, NIKE.
The NBBF president says Nigeria will parade bulk of the nations U16 team who won bronze at the 2009 FIBA Africa U16 Championship in Maputo, Mozambique.
Nigeria will take part in the 5-day invitational tourney alongside, USA, France, Brazil, Canada and 30 former high school players.
The Nigeria federation president says the decision to make the U16 players form bulk of the team is to allow for continuity as Nigeria will be taking part in the 17th edition of the FIBA Africa Championship for U18 Men later in the year in Kigali, Rwanda.
He said though other players who are within the age bracket will also be given a look-in by the coaching crew because the aim of accepting to take part in the NIKE Global Invitational was to expose these players to bigger competition before the Africa U18 Championship in august this year.
Each country will be represented by ten players due to the number of days of the tournament
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
NBBF to relocate outside Abuja Stadium, procure laptops, printers for statisticians
The Nigeria Basketball Federation board meets at the weekend to review the on-going 2009/2010 DStv Premier League and the Zenith Bank Women League.
The board according to the president, Tijjani Umar came up with far reaching decision aimed at moving the game forward in the country.
According to the NBBF president, four laptop computers and four printers have been approved to aid statistic gathering of the league.
The four laptops and printers will be put to use in the various centres across the country.
The federation has also placed order for the purchase of a moveable shot-clock and scoreboard that would serve venues without such equipment in order to make players in the league adapt to these facilities.
The NBBF, according to Umar has concluded plans to rent a befitting office accommodation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja so that its secretariat can be more proactive in the discharge of their duties while wooing the National Sports Commission for a piece of land in the sports complex package-B for the building of its permanent Secretariat.
The board has also mandated all its standing committees to have its meeting once every quarter, these according to the Nigeria federation boss would help the NBBF to dispense with issues bothering on the growth of the game quickly.
Umar is confident that with the various committees having their meetings regularly bulk of the work of repositioning Nigeria basketball would have reduced
The board according to the president, Tijjani Umar came up with far reaching decision aimed at moving the game forward in the country.
According to the NBBF president, four laptop computers and four printers have been approved to aid statistic gathering of the league.
The four laptops and printers will be put to use in the various centres across the country.
The federation has also placed order for the purchase of a moveable shot-clock and scoreboard that would serve venues without such equipment in order to make players in the league adapt to these facilities.
The NBBF, according to Umar has concluded plans to rent a befitting office accommodation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja so that its secretariat can be more proactive in the discharge of their duties while wooing the National Sports Commission for a piece of land in the sports complex package-B for the building of its permanent Secretariat.
The board has also mandated all its standing committees to have its meeting once every quarter, these according to the Nigeria federation boss would help the NBBF to dispense with issues bothering on the growth of the game quickly.
Umar is confident that with the various committees having their meetings regularly bulk of the work of repositioning Nigeria basketball would have reduced
NBBF to relocate outside Abuja Stadium, procure laptops, printers for statisticians
The Nigeria Basketball Federation board meets at the weekend to review the on-going 2009/2010 DStv Premier League and the Zenith Bank Women League.
The board according to the president, Tijjani Umar came up with far reaching decision aimed at moving the game forward in the country.
According to the NBBF president, four laptop computers and four printers have been approved to aid statistic gathering of the league.
The four laptops and printers will be put to use in the various centres across the country.
The federation has also placed order for the purchase of a moveable shot-clock and scoreboard that would serve venues without such equipment in order to make players in the league adapt to these facilities.
The NBBF, according to Umar has concluded plans to rent a befitting office accommodation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja so that its secretariat can be more proactive in the discharge of their duties while wooing the National Sports Commission for a piece of land in the sports complex package-B for the building of its permanent Secretariat.
The board has also mandated all its standing committees to have its meeting once every quarter, these according to the Nigeria federation boss would help the NBBF to dispense with issues bothering on the growth of the game quickly.
Umar is confident that with the various committees having their meetings regularly bulk of the work of repositioning Nigeria basketball would have reduced
The board according to the president, Tijjani Umar came up with far reaching decision aimed at moving the game forward in the country.
According to the NBBF president, four laptop computers and four printers have been approved to aid statistic gathering of the league.
The four laptops and printers will be put to use in the various centres across the country.
The federation has also placed order for the purchase of a moveable shot-clock and scoreboard that would serve venues without such equipment in order to make players in the league adapt to these facilities.
The NBBF, according to Umar has concluded plans to rent a befitting office accommodation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja so that its secretariat can be more proactive in the discharge of their duties while wooing the National Sports Commission for a piece of land in the sports complex package-B for the building of its permanent Secretariat.
The board has also mandated all its standing committees to have its meeting once every quarter, these according to the Nigeria federation boss would help the NBBF to dispense with issues bothering on the growth of the game quickly.
Umar is confident that with the various committees having their meetings regularly bulk of the work of repositioning Nigeria basketball would have reduced
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