FG Appoints Interim Management Committee to Oversee Nigeria Basketball

By Gabriel Kekong
The Federal Government on Monday appointed a ten-man interim management committee to oversee the Nigeriia Basketball for the time being.
This, following the recent directives of President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of basketball in the country and its withdrawal from all International basketball competitions for the next two years,  The FG,  through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has announced the members of the Interim Management Committee(IMC) to oversee the development of the sport in Nigeria.
They include, Dr. Henry Nzekwu​, Mr. Udon Ubon HHumapwa, Mr. Frank JJitubhoh, A representative of  Zenith Bank, Prof. Adamu Ahmed , Mr. Peter Nelson, Group Captain Rahinatu Garba , Aderemi Adewunmi, Oluchi Nzekwe and Sani Adio ( SAN)
The Committee is saddle with the responsibility to draw up programmes that will revamp basketball from the grassroots in Nigeria, revive its moribund domestic leagues and attract cooperate sponsors for the development of the game.