NBBF’s January 31 Elective Congress Doubtful

The crisis in the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) seems not yet over as the immediate past President of the federation, Musa Kida, has declared that the body’s Secretary-General has no right to change the venue from Benin to Abuja without permission from the congress.
Tidesports source reports that in a letter addressed to the secretary, the federation said the reconciliatory committee, set up by the Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, never recommended a change in venue, but only urged the ministry to earnestly resume the electoral process already started by the NBBF on October 9.
“Any notion of venue modification is at complete variance with the widely circulated terms of reference setting up the committee.
“As a secretary-general of the federation, and having followed the process, you should know that the NBBF election can only be held in line with the NBBF constitution as approved by FIBA and endorsed by the Ministry of Sports and the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC),” NBBF said.
Kida, who dismissed Abuja as a safe haven due to documented incidents and security challenges during the technical and player representatives elections held last year, said the congress of October 9, 2021, held in Abuja, where 100 per cent attendance was recorded, approved the setting up of the Electoral and Appeals Committees for the elections and picked Benin, Edo State, for the elective congress of October 30, 2021, which, due to the request of the Ministry of Sports, was postponed just two days to the event.