One time board member of Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF Colonel Sam Ahmedu (Rtd) has advised the new board led by Tijani Umar to embark on youth programmes that will enable the country to have young and fresh players that can represent Nigeria at international competitions.
Speaking recently, the Dodan Warriors boss said he was worried that there is no specific programme designed to catch the players when they are still young.
Basketball is a game that is very physical and it needs a lot of energy. If we dont try to have youth programmes, then it will be difficult to face real competition in basketball, the former NBBF board member said.
We saw what happened to our team in Libya compare to teams like Angola, Cameroun and others who have good developmental programmes to promote their basketball.