Nigeria clears basketball teams to return to competition.

Published by: Boluwatiwi Animasahun 

The Nigerian government made a sudden U-turn on Thursday and cleared its national
basketball teams to return to competition immediately.

The decision to lift a ban on the teams playing in international competitions came after an appeal to the government by the Nigerian Basketball Federation and “intervention” by former Nigerian international players, the sports ministry said. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari approved the return to play, the ministry said in a statement.
The Nigerian government withdrew its teams from international competitions for a two-year period last month citing a leadership struggle and other administrative problems within the national basketball federation.

There’s been a long history of problems at the Nigerian Basketball Federation but the latest issues center on a leadership tussle after two separate presidents who were elected to lead the NBBF in parallel elections.

The sports ministry said the lifting of the ban depended on the NBBF honoring a commitment to work with the ministry to resolve all its problem

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