President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reversal of the ban placed on international basketball competitions.
This was announced in a press briefing by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Ismaila Abubakar in Abuja on Thursday.
This was disclosed in a letter of appeal to the minister to persuade the president to lift the ban.
Abubakar said, “The letter appealed to the Minister to use his good offices to approach President Buhari for the reversal of the 2-year withdrawal of Nigeria from international basketball competitions.
“The Appeal letter also critically gave some key undertakings: to immediately set in motion the process of status review or constitutional amendments from stakeholders as collated by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, to set up a high-powered team to reconcile all contending parties in the basketball family at home and abroad, and a commitment to work with the Ministry in the governance and development of basketball among other things.
