Nigeria will for the first time in
10 years host an international basketball competition after winning the hosting
bid for the 2017 FIBA Africa Club championship zonal elimination finals.
The hosting right of the event which
was held in Togo in 2016 was awarded to the Nigeria Basketball Federation by
FIBA Africa zone 3 after it met all the criteria for a prospective host.
The President of the NBBF, Musa Kida
said having been out of international circulation for the past one decade, it
was high time Nigeria claimed her place in Africa as the true giant that she
truly is.
Kida said the move to host the event
slated for October 19th to 29th is part of plans to rewrite the story of
Nigerian basketball as a force to reckon with in Africa.
Meanwhile, the federation is
considering biding for the 2017 FIBA Africa Women’s club championship slated to
hold in November.
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