Ministry Wades Into NBBF crisis. Approves stakeholders Meeting Ahead of Elections.

Ministry Wades Into NBBF crisis. Approves stakeholders Meeting Ahead of Elections. The Minister of Youth and Sports on Monday convened an emergency meeting with the leadership of the two factions in the NBBF to help settle a 4-year old fued that has tugged at the heart of the unity of the game. The emergency meeting which held on Monday evening virtually had the top guns in the Ministry in attendance. The permanent secretary, Nebolisa Anako, the Director of Federations, Simon Ebojaiye, Dr. Nelson, Maria Whopil and Olumide Bamidele and the Director of Legal were in attendance from the Ministry. Also in attendance was the NOC President, Engineer Gumel with NOC Secretary General, Mr. Banji. Musa Kida and Tijani Umar were both present also. The meeting which lasted about two hours was focused and dealt with the key areas of disagreement. It was decided that a stakeholders meeting be convened immediately before the end of the month with both sides coming with 10 people. The Ministry and NOC will mediate at the Meeting. The meeting also directed the NOC to follow up with FIBA over the petition it received concerning the approved constitution and way forward. A plea went out for all sides to work for a resolution in order to avoid a leadership crisis that could limit the development of basketball. The Minister was said to have been very pointed in his remarks cautioning that anyone planning to plunge basketball into crisis will not be tolerated.