By Ifeanyi Eduzor
The 2019 domestic basketball season in Nigeria will start this month with a stakeholders meeting being put together by the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF).
According to the NBBF President, Engr. Musa Kida, the meeting with stakeholders will review the achievements recorded so far.
“We shall start with the stakeholders forum and at the same time hold the congress and our Annual General Meeting to review the last one and half years, see the progress we have made and note areas of concern, where we need to improve on while also interacting with the stakeholders,” Kida said.
He revealed that the Congress should pave way for the commencement of the much-anticipated Total Men’s Division 2 League and the Zenith Women’s League amongst other domestic programs of the federation.
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“As you know last year, Total Men’s Division 2 was well attended and we had over 70 teams participating in the first stage.”
Kida took pride in what the federation has been able to achieve on the home front since coming on board while assuring that more teams are expected to participate in the expanded Total Men’s Division 1 League.
“We have some teams that have also qualified from Division 2 to Division 1 and I can assure Nigerians that the League is going to be more elaborate especially with the expanded format.”
With definite dates already proposed for the various leagues, the NBBF President stressed that the domestic leagues will run over longer period than the 2018 season.
This he said is important to give the leagues needed visibility, coverage as well as afford players opportunity to play more games.