BASKETBALL: NSC Thumbs up NBBF As They Set To Present Olympic Qualification Blueprint

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By Oluwafemi Adefeso

Having successfully qualified to defend her All African Games title in Congo Brazzaville, and also an opportunity to vie for a place at the 2016 Rio Olympics by qualifying for the 2015 FIBA Africa Championship in Tunisia come August.



The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has received thumbs up from National Sports commission (NSC) for her recent accomplishments following a meeting between the hierarchy of the Basketball Federation and the Director General of the National Sports commission, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye.



President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Mr Tijjani Umar, disclosed after the meeting which was held in Abuja that the impressed NSC DG immediately requested the Nigerian Basketball Federation to submit her national programmes to the Sports commission to ensure Basketball receives optimum support to succeed in the various competitions leading to the Olympics. 



“We’ve set a huge precedence in qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics. We qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London and we want to repeat that experience in Rio de Janeiro next year. In order  for us to achieve this, we have outlined programmes that will ensure that both the Men and Women national teams are well prepared to compete at the 2015 FIBA Africa championships so that we can qualify for the Olympics Games”. Mr Umar noted.



The NBBF President further disclosed that the Federation has set up a 2 man task force, that will travel to the United States to meet with the Nigerian players abroad in order to carry them along with the national team programmes having continued to  maintain communication with the home based players who persecuted the qualifiers.



“We have so much talent pool that can serve the national team home and abroad, so we have decided that we will present two national teams that will persecute the Afrobasket and All African Games just to ensure we keep all the national players integrated into the national team programmes so we can always have the best talents available at every point time”. He concluded.

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