The Federal Government of Nigeria has reversed its earlier decision barring the country’s basketball teams from participation in international competitions for two years.
The reversal comes barely six weeks into the self-imposed two-year ban.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered a letter of appeal dated June 17, 2022, from the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) board signed by Musa Kida and addressed to the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare as well as appeals from different quarters triggered the u-turn.
Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Ismaila Abubakar, said intervention by concerned people within and outside the country, former Nigerian international basketball players and well-meaning individuals to seek solutions to the issues led to the decision to rescind the earlier placed ban.
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On May 12, 2022, the Ministry of Youth and Sports…
