Nigerian forward Al Farouk Aminu (L) vies with Lithuanian centre Jonas Valanciunas during the Men’s preliminary round group A basketball match of the London 2012 Olympic Games Lithuania vs Nigeria on July 31, 2012 at the basketball arena in London. Lithuania won 72 to 53.AFP PHOTO
Fresh into the new season, the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF has appointed a Technical Director to drive it’s 2013-2017 Strategic Plan aimed at developing and adding value to all it’s leagues and programmes.
After considering a number of candidates, the federation settled for former long-time national coach, board member, team owner and international scout for New York Knicks, Ayo Bakare.
Bakare is expected to bring additional impetus and experience to the rather difficult job of implementing, supervising and diversifying the various initiatives of the federation.
The new Technical Director who has resumed duties with the federation, has served as Head Coach on several teams within the national team programme and has won medals on the African continent at junior and senior(men and women) categories.
He was also the one who qualified Nigeria to her first Fiba Men’s and Women’s World Championships in 1998 and 2006 as well as the Olympic Games in 2012 and for which he has been honoured by Fiba Africa.
In a related development, the federation has also reconstituted some key committees to ensure a successful 2013/2014 season.
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