Tokyo 2020: We Need Right Funding To Achieve Our Objective - Amukamara

  By Sampson Adedeji Ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, Nigeria's D'Tigeress point guard Promise Amukamara has urged the Nigeria Basketball Federation ( NBBF) and Federal government to provide them with right funding to enhance their preparations, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Speaking from her base in France, she said to get the best out of the players and turn them into a cohesive unit, long term preparation is needed which is hinged on heavy funding. D’Tigress recently concluded a 10 day camping exercise in Atlanta, USA in line with the Nigeria Basketball Federation decision to start early preparation for the games. “My expectation from NBBF and FG is for them to provide us with the right funding so that we can prepare well for the Olympics. I know on our schedule, we have a lot of preparation games before the Olympics and I think all those preparation games will be beneficial to us”, she told NBBF With a back to back Afrobasket title, quarter final finish at the 2018 World Cup and an Olympics ticket, the 27 year old point guard is confident in the ability of the team to make Nigerians and Africans proud at the Tokyo 2020 games. “I think we have a great team, great coaching staff to do well at the Olympics, but to get to that stage, it requires funding. If we get that, everything will be good and the sky will be the limit for us," she added Currently ranked first in Africa and 14th in the world, D’Tigress is grouped alongside defending champion United States, France and host country Japan for the Olympic.