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The rancour-free development of basketball in Nigeria is of utmost importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recent elections into the NBBF Board from the various constituencies (zones, NAWIS, Military\/Paramilitary, NAPHER.SD etc) stand and those elected remain members-elect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBBF has been in the public eye in the past weeks after D\u2019Tigress threatened to boycott all national call-ups over unpaid allowances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ministry of sports and youth development has rescheduled the October 30 election into the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) indefinitely. This was announced on Monday in a statement signed by Ismaila Abubakar, permanent secretary of the ministry. 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