The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has declared that the body borrowed money from different sources to ensure the Nigeria women basketball team (D’Tigress) departed the country on Wednesday for the 2019 AfroBasket billed to dunk off in Senegal from August 10 to 18.
Speaking with The Guardian yesterday, NBBF Vice President, Babs Ogunade said the federation decided to run around to borrow money to ensure the Nigerian team departed the country to successfully defend the African title the team won in Mali two years ago.
Ogunade said D’Tigress would not have been able to attend the African championship if the NBBF continued to wait for the money to be released by the sports ministry.
He promised that the NBBF would not relent in ensuring the D’Tigress succeeded in Senegal despite the financial hitches affecting the body. Read more