NBBF electoral committee confirms Oct 8 deadline

Dr Lanre Glover. Credit: CAHB.

Chairman of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Electoral Committee, Dr Lanre Glover, has confirmed that the deadline for submission of nomination forms by candidates contesting for positions on the NBBF board will close on Thursday (today), October 8, at 2pm.

Glover stressed that the date and time were sacrosanct, describing the submission deadline as one of the key provisions guiding the NBBF elections, and urged candidates to comply with the directive, warning that the committee would not entertain anyone who failed to meet the deadline.

According to him, a detailed timetable for the elections has already been made public, with stakeholders and the wider basketball community eagerly awaiting the polls that will usher in a new board to oversee the administration of the sport in Nigeria.

Glover reaffirmed the committee’s commitment to a seamless process in the build-up to a credible election, which will climax with the NBBF elective congress scheduled to hold in Abuja on October 15.

The Electoral Committee was approved at the federation’s Extraordinary Congress held in Yola, Adamawa State, where 39 of the 44 delegates in attendance endorsed a panel made up of seasoned professionals, technocrats and experienced sports administrators.

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Besides Glover, the committee comprises Sr Femi Olugbile, Alhaji Sani Fema, Engr Priscilla Ngozi Iroaganachi, Major General David Lubo and Mallam Farouk Yarima, with Barrister Ichene Kalu serving as secretary.

The election timeline released by the committee reads as follows: call for nominations, September 30; deadline for submission of nominations, October 8 at 2pm; publication of the list of qualified candidates, October 10; and commencement of the elective congress in Abuja, October 15 at 9am.

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