Izuchukwu Okosi
The electoral committee for the Nigeria Basketball Federation election billed for Monday, 31st January in Benin City on Saturday evening cleared seven candidates including former captain of the men’s basketball national team, Olumide Oyedeji following the final screening of interested candidates.
An Electoral Committee led by Dr Lanre Glover conducted the exercise on Saturday. The cleared candidates include incumbent NBBF President, Musa Kida who is vying for another term for the South South Zonal Representative position.
The South West zone promises to be intriguing with two candidates already cleared in the persons of Olumide Oyedeji who will face off against Babs Ogunade for the South West zone sole ticket.
Anambra State Basketball Chairman, Ugo Udezue has emerged as the sole candidate from the South East zone just as Abba Kaka Abdulkadir was also cleared to contest as the North East representative on the board while Adamu Deshi Janlong is hoping to represent the North Central Zone.
Yusuf Surajo was also given the green light to contest from as the North West representative on the board of the NBBF.
Delegates are expected to arrive today for the elective congress.
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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