NBBF Is Focused On The Way Forward – Kida

President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, Musa Kida has spoken with newsmen on the issue of legitimacy and why they have not been able to function.
“For me, what we are trying to do is to try and disseminate whatever information that is on ground. So typically, when FIBA recognised us on the 8th of March, we have been reaching out to them, collating the types of activities that are very localised so that we can feed them in to the handbook programme of events. We are reaching out to them on things that have been happening before, like the Division one and two men’s league.
We have also been reaching out to our sponsors, some of who are a bit hesitant and asking questions as to what is happening.
Like I said, our constitution has very strong demands on the structure but we need authority from the ministry to function. You cannot give me an assignment without the authority to do the work. We are very focused on the way forward.
“I don’t believe there was election in any other place. Who were the delegates, who voted for who? These are the simple basic questions that even a simple village meeting will ask and seek answers to. All these things are enshrined in the constitution as a matter of protocol. There was only one election, which held in Benin. I know what we did and the results are obvious. We had our constitution since 2019,” Kida added.
Tidesports source reports that Kida explained that both the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Nigeria Olympic Committee have approved, saying that, their election has been very strict and rigorous. There was even a legal test of what they did, which passed wonderfully.
“We are very clear as the bonafide board. For whatever reasons I don’t know, but it looks like a wild goose chase the other side,” he said.
Speaking on International programmes, he said that lnternational programmes are international programmes, I will not go into them. Locally, we have a calendar of events. Our men’s divisions 1 & 2 leagues sponsored by Total are still there, the women’s division 1 league sponsored by Zenith Bank is still there. We have an infusion of some tournaments and leagues by people who have brought proposals.