Basketball: Nigeria may pull out of FIBA AfroCon race

Nigeria Basketball Federation is on the verge of pulling out from the FIBA AfroCon tournament holding in Angola from the 8th to 16th of July and the U16 male and Female junior championship in Tunisia, from the 13th to 21th of July 2023 due to paucity of funds.

The Under-16 championships is to qualify the U16 to the World Cup for U17 slated for 2024.

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It is now a public knowledge that the President of NBBF, Engr. Musa Kida, has personally been funding most activities of the NBBF in recent times, just as he single handedly sourced the funds for the two U16 teams to the qualifiers of the tournment in Ghana and the Men’s national team in Cote d’Ivoire respectively.

In order to avoid what might be another embarrassing moment for the game in the country, the President of NBBF has led the call for all board members to put all hands on deck as it is the equitable practice to look for funds to allow the teams participate in the championships.