Izuchukwu Okosi
The Presidency through the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development on Monday announced the members of the Interim Management Committee to ‘oversee the development of basketball in Nigeria’ reports Prime Business Africa.
President Muhammadu Buhari believed by many Basketball-loving Nigerians to have acted on the recommendation of Sports minister, Sunday Dare directed that the Committee be set up and consequently withdrew Nigeria from international competitions for two years.
The women’s basketball national team D’Tigress are scheduled to participate in the 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Australia between September and October
Monday’s announcement was contained in a release made available to the media by Mohammed Manga, Director, Press and Press Relations.
Members of the management committee are Dr. Henry Nzekwu, Mr. Udon Ubon HHumapwa, Mr. Frank Jitubhoh, Zenith Bank Representative, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, Mr. Peter Nelson, Group Captain Rahinatu Garba, Aderemi Adewunmi, Oluchi Nzekwe and Sani Adio ( SAN).
The Committee are tasked to draw up programmes that will revamp basketball from the grassroots in Nigeria, revive its moribund domestic leagues and attract cooperate sponsors for the development of the game.
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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