Nigerian basketball players on Tuesday asked the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, to resolve the lingering leadership crisis in NBB.
Team Bayelsa won 31 gold, 30 silver and 32 bronze medals to win the Games held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.
President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Igoche Mark, wants the youth and sports minister to put an end to the crisis in the NBBF.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has disclosed that half the number of Nigerians in its correctional facilities had been convicted and sentenced for fraud.
On Friday, the Super Eagles face the Black Stars in Kumasi in the fixture’s opening leg and host the Ghanaians Tuesday in Abuja.
About 78 universities and more than 10,000 athletes will compete in football, athletics, badminton, hockey, cricket, chess, judo, and a host of other sporting events.
The minister was in Sokoto to inspect the state’s modern sports arena currently under construction.
The newly rehabilitated pitch of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, is set to host a pre-season tournament tagged Presidential Cup.
The minister was speaking in Abuja on Saturday night at the premiere of an advocacy movie produced by the NYSC titled “A Call to Service”.
The minister said Rohr’s future with the Super Eagles will depend on a report to be submitted by the NFF in the coming days.
