Nigeria will
not be in short supply of FIBA certified table officials and statisticians when
the D’Tigers kicks off their 2019 World Cup campaign next year.
This follows
the recent certification and presentation of certificates to 15 statisticians
and 5 table officials during the finals of the FIBA Africa Zone 3 club
championship elimination hosted by Nigeria.
The list of
the 15 successful candidates out of the 80 participants during the 2-day
training facilitated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation in conjunction with
FIBA is led by Kelvin Anene, McArthur Finecountry, Shomala Abiola, Olatunde
Ladapo and Akinyele Henry.
Others are
Adeniji Adewale, Abiola Olarewaju, Okoh Chinedu, Azeez Bello, Ayotunde Onabolu,
Osundina Opeyemi, Oni Adeniyi, Asher Emmanuel and Semiu Oshinaike who are now
certified to operate at any FIBA organised events anywhere in the world with
immediate effect.
10 others
who also participated at the training are on the pending list and may be
certified before the D’Tigers begin their world cup qualification at home
against Uganda on the 23rd of February, 2018.
In an
official mail to the NBBF by FIBA and signed by its Statistician Instructor,
Arnaud Sevaux, the body congratulated the successful candidates with an
assurance that more Nigerians will soon be certified.
According to
FIBA, Rasaq Okedeyi, Olayinka Famgbiyele, Samuel Shofoluwe, Simon Evbuomwan and
Toluwalase Otukoya have also been certified as table officials ahead of the
2018 basketball season.
Meanwhile,
D’Tigers will start their 2019 World cup campaign against Uganda on the 23rd of
February, Uganda on the 24th before playing Rwanda on the 25th.
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