About 200,000 secondary school children have received different life skills training in basketball, as part of effort to grow and influence the sport’s echo system in Nigeria.
Speaking at the ninth anniversary of the Power Forward Project Basketball clinic for secondary school students in Abuja, NBA Africa’s Vice President, Gbemisola Abudu, said the project’s focus is on helping youths in Abuja to acquire life skills through the game.
Abudu said: “What we are doing in Nigeria is to influence the growth of basketball in the country and to also influence its echo system.“Power Forward is part of our junior NBA programme and the goal is to expand it to other parts of the country.” “We are creating a properly defined pathway for young Nigerians, who are interested in playing basketball to play throughout their lives.
Also speaking on the programme, Country Director, Pan Africare, Dr. Patrick Adah, affirmed that the project is being supported by Exxon Mobil and implemented in partnership with NBA Africa, adding that it started in 2014 with 10 schools, which has now increased to 40 schools, majorly from Abuja.
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