Quarrel with the sports minister’s ‘illogical and irrational subtle imposition’ of Musa Kida to lead the Federation
Pastor Skambo Morrison
By Rasheed Adewuyi
Some Basketball Stakeholders have reacted to the “subtle imposition” of Engr Musa Kida as the President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) by the Federal Ministry of Youth Sports Development, describing the action as ‘illogical and irrational.’
The group under the umbrella of “New Face of Basketball” questioned the methodology used by Sunday Dare, Nigeria’s Sports Minister, to pick Engr Kida as the NBBF President after publicly acknowledging that two elections took place on January 31, 2022.
Spokesman of the group and Chairman of Kaduna State Basketball Association, Pastor Scambo Morrison, in a media conversation on Thursday in Abuja, said the group had maintained silence for peaceful resolution and the amendment of the controversial Constitution of the Basketball Federation.
Pastor Morrison added that the group has options if the Sports Minister fails to retrace his steps by doing the right thing.
“So, it is not news that the Minister of Youth and Sports acknowledged that there were two elections. But our big surprise till today is that the Minister and Ministry never came out to talk to us about the findings of those elections. As good citizens of this country, we have remained very quiet, calm, and disciplined, waiting to hear the outcome of those elections,” Pastor Morrison said.
“But to this day, nobody has called this particular faction to say anything concerning the election. Instead, we found out that there were a couple of people parading themselves as the ‘custodians of basketball in Nigeria. We want the Minister to know that we have options if he fails to do the right thing.”
Continuing, the Kaduna Basketball Chairman said: “We, therefore, want a clarification of how Kida emerged to become the president of the NBBF, knowing well that the Minister who is in charge of sports in Nigeria acknowledged and pronounced that there were two elections and that his ministry was looking into the issue to make sure that things were resolved in the NBBF.
