Izuchukwu Okosi
Nigeria risks being banned from international basketball activities from the Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) as two separate elections into the leadership of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF will be concluded on Monday reports Prime Business Africa.
As at the time of filing this report, basketball administrator and former national team player, Mark Igoche was declared winner in the Congress that held in Abuja.
Igoche is the Chairman and CEO of Mark Mentors Basketball Club and founder Mark D Ball Basketball Championship. Osita Nwachukwu is the elected vice president of the NBBF in the Abuja election.
Igoche emerged President after he polled 11 votes at the Elective Congress of the NBBF held inside package A of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
However, another election is currently underway in Benin City, Edo state which will likely produce former president Musa Kida.
International Sporting organisations take exceptions to internal wrangling and political interferences in member associations’ activities.
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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