Izuchukwu OkosiThe Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday morning announced the decision to rescind the ban placed on the country’s basketball teams from participating in international competitions in the aftermath of the internal crisis rocking the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) reports Prime Business Africa.
Two factions of the NBBF have been at doggerheads over which is legitimately the one duly elected to supervise the game following two elections held in Benin City and Abuja that produced parallel chairmen.
However officials of the Federation of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) had a meeting with the government Thursday morning as represented by Sports Minister, Sunday Dare to resolve the issue of Nigeria’s withdrawal from major competitions.
President Muhammadu Buhari through the Sports Ministry instituted a Committee to oversee the sport in the next two years.
Consequently the Federation of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) invited Mali as replacement for the D’Tigress who were billed to participate at the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Venezuela.
It is unlikely that Mali will be asked to step aside after their invitation to replace Nigeria but it is expected that FIBA will not sanction the Nigeria Basketball Federation after a truce was called.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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