{"id":187192,"date":"2022-05-12T17:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=187192"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:20:00","slug":"fg-suspends-basketball-in-nigeria-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/12\/fg-suspends-basketball-in-nigeria-for-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria withdraws from international basketball competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a period of two years with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Dare, represented by Ismaila Abubakar, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, said a committee would be set up to oversee basketball leagues in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the unending crisis which have plagued and nearly crippled the development of basketball in Nigeria, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/12\/asuu-strike-buhari-begs-lecturers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Buhari<\/a> has approved the withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a period of two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is with immediate effect,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe minister added that the withdrawal of Nigeria is in order to concentrate efforts by government towards revamping the sport from the grassroots as well as domestic leagues which have become moribund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will also allow for the setting up of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to oversee the management and development of the domestic basketball leagues in Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dare also said this will further address other related issues around the development and advancement of the game in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He then called on stakeholders to help sustain and stabilise the game.<br \/>\n\u201cIn issuing the order, the Federal Government reiterates its interest and commitment to the development of the sport of basketball in Nigeria as well as huge talents of our youth domestically in an atmosphere free of rancour and squabbles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment therefore calls on players, officials, fans and other stakeholders of the sport to remain calm as it embarks on far-reaching initiatives to reposition, sustain and stabilise the game of basketball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will aid in the growth and success of the sport in the long-term interest of the country,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the basketball sport has been engulfed in leadership crisis in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>Two parallel national federation board elections were held in 2017 (in Kano and Abuja) and 2022 (in Benin and Abuja), leading to the emergence of separate governing bodies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a period of two years with immediate effect. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. 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