By Pius Ayinor
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), South-East Zone, has congratulated Chief Ugo Udezue on his emergence as the Vice President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) at the federation’s elective congress held in Abuja last week.
In a press statement signed by the Vice President of SWAN South-East Zone, Ikemefuna Asika, and the zone’s secretary, Kennedy Onwunali, the association described Udezue’s emergence as a welcome development for basketball in the South-East and Nigeria at large.
The association noted that Udezue is the first person from South East zone to be elected to the position and prayed God to grant him and the new leadership of the Nigeria Basketball Federation the wisdom to effectively steer the affairs of basketball in the country to greater height.
Mustapha Abdullahi emerged as the new NBBF President in the election conduction on October 16 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
