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Minister Commends Total for Supporting Basketball, Tips D' Tigers, D'Tigress for Laurels in Tokyo

The Minister of  Youth and Sports Development Minister Mr. Sunday Dare has  commended  Total E&P Nigeria  Ltd for their  commitment towards the Development  of Basketball  as well as the Youth.


Speaking  in Lagos on Tuesday during the signing of the Memorandum of understanding between the Nigeria Basketball Federation and Total E&P Nigeria Ltd, Mr. Dare said he was impressed by the support of the company, even as he urged other companies and individuals to emulate Total."

The signing of this MOU demonstrates once again the goodwill  and corporate social responsibility  of Total E&P Nigeria in identifying with basketball development in  our country.

I sincerely thank the Management of Total  E&P Nigeria Ltd for sponsorship of the  National Division 1&2 Men's Basketball Leagues, which indicates a clear commitment in the development of the sports of Basketball  in Nigeria. The present  Board of the Nigerian Basketball Federation under the leadership  of Engineer Ahmadu Musa Kida has made Nigeria proud with great achievements at both National and international levels.

I must commend the board of the Nigerian Basketball Federation  for putting Nigeria as a leading Basketball nation in Africa and showing commitment towards continuously bringing out the best in the players and also ensuring some level of consistency in their international performance.

I urge the  board to continue in order to bring more laurels  to Nigeria, exemplified  by the  fact that for the first time in the history of Basketball, Nigeria has qualified both the male and female National Teams for the forthcoming Olympic Games scheduled to hold in Japan next year. I'm confident that Nigeria would do well at the Olympics next year. For now, basketball  is my number sport"


Speaking at the event, The Managing Director of Total E&P Nigeria Ltd Mr. Mike Sangster said the company was committed  to basketball and youth development in Nigeria, hence the sponsorship of the National leagues.

He announced a 150 Million naira five years sponsorship.
In the same vein, President of the Nigerian Basketball Federation Engineer Ahmadu Musa Kida said" I want to sincerely thank you for your unrelenting  support towards  the development of Basketball. Your support has put us in the right pedestal to get our players and technical crew to the right place.

You have really removed a lot of burden from the Federations through your relentless efforts to reposition sports"
Kida  assured  that the sponsorship would outlive his tenure

"Whether I win the next election or not, this sponsorship would be completely handed over to whoever becomes the next President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation. This is not about me or anyone, but the total development of Nigerian Basketball and our youth"


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