The Minister of Sports and Youth development, Sunday Dare has declared that the recent impressive performance of the male senior national basketball team, D’Tigers is a strong indication that a positive revolution will soon take place in Nigerian basketball.
The Minister made this assertion yesterday in his office when the president of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, Eng. Musa Kida paid him a courtesy visit after returning from the just concluded FIBA Afrobasket qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda.
Dare said “My position is consistent that beyond football, Nigeria has talents and competences in several other sports and our ascendancy in basketball is no longer stoppable.
The Minister also said his administration will ensure that the revolution in basketball transcends the National team.
He, therefore, pledged to encourage basketball development at grassroots just as he disclosed plans to have a basketball court in at least one Senatorial district in the country.
Dare said this is a commitment that is being shared by the NBBF and the Federal Ministry of Sports.
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