NBBF president, Igoche Mark, says domestic basketball coming alive

The president of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NNBF, Mr Igoche Mark, is excited about the current waves of basketball games being witnessed across the domestic scene in Nigeria.

Mark disclosed this on Thursday at the ongoing Mark D Championship at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja. He attributed the revival of domestic basketball to the movement championed by the New Face of Basketball.

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“The excitement in me cannot be measured because our domestic basketball is back from privation; this is due to the movement and campaign of the New Face of Basketball is championing. All over Nigeria, there are several basketball championships ongoing from the North to the South, East to West, it is basketball. This is just the beginning as we are determined to start a national league that will be envied by many when the dust finally settles down,” Mark said.

Mark D Ball Basketball Championship is a personal initiative of the current NBBF President, Mr Igoche Mark ,as the championship has been in existence for over a decade.