…As Nig Customs emerged winners of Mark D Ball basketball championship
Thrilled by the organization of the Mark D Ball female basketball championship held at the Indoor Hall of the Package B, MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, Senator Philip Aduda representing FCT and his Benue South counterpart, Senator Abba Moro both have endorsed Igoche Mark the organizer of the tournament for the President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation.
Sen. Aduda expressed surprise that an individual could organize a tournament that was rated the best in the history of female basketball tournaments in the country.
However, he promised to partner with Mark D Ball Basketball Championship organisers to better the lots of players in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
He said the aim of partnering with Mark D Ball Basketball is to sustain the competition and improve the lots of the players in the FCT and country generally.
“There’s the need to sustain this Mark D Ball Basketball Championship and develop the game in the FCT. Sustainability is key in the development of the game”, Senator Aduda said.
“If at this level Igoche Mark can put up this kind of organization, how much more when he becomes the President of NBBF? I am supporting him to become the next president of NBBF because I believed he can take the game to its highest pinnacle, Sen. Aduda said.
Also, Senator Abba Moro representing Benue South in the National Assembly, said he has confidence that if Igoche Mark is voted in as the next president of the NBBF, basketball in Nigeria will take a new dimension because he represented only the best.
The former Minister of Interior who watch the final march of the Female Mark D Ball Basketball championship alongside other dignitaries at the Indoor Hall of the package B of MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja said he was thrilled with the organisation of the championship as such believe that Mark would be a better president of the NBBF.
According to Moro, “Anybody who can bring out the resources and expertise to organise an event of this magnitude such person if giving the president of the NBBF would lead the game to it eldorado.
“I have no doubt that Igoche Mark if becomes the President of NBBF will raise the game to an enviable height. He has my support and backing for the NBBF president,” he said.
Meanwhile, Nigeria Customs emerged as the winners of the championship by beating FirstBank 54-49 at the final played on Saturday evening under the watchful eyes of the crème de la crème of Basketball in Nigeria and both federal and state legislators.
