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Buhari, Saraki Commend D’Tigers After AfroBasket Title

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated the senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers on their victory over Angola in the final of the AfroBasket Championship in … Continue reading Buhari, Saraki Commend D’Tigers After AfroBasket Title


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Nigeria-basketball-buhariNigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated the senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers on their victory over Angola in the final of the AfroBasket Championship in Tunisia.

President Buhari commended the players for displaying exemplary strength, courage, determination and patriotism to give the country it’s first title since the inception of the championship in 1962.

He urged members of the team and their handlers to work very hard to surpass their extraordinary heroics in Tunisia before a global audience at next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and bring even greater glory to Nigeria.

The President assured the team, its managers and the Nigerian Basketball Federation that his administration would give them the needed support to ensure that they are well prepared to excel against other countries in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In the same vein, the Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki, congratulated the team for emerging as African Champions for the first time in the history of the continental tournament.

An elated Saraki, in a statement by his spokesman, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja, said it was fulfilling that the Nigerian team finally broke the jinx and made the nation proud at the championship.

He maintained that the team’s victory had rekindled the nation’s hope and confidence in the team, saying that, “beating Angola at the finals of the 2015 Afro-basket Tournament with 74-65 was a superb performance. We are very happy for our team that they have attained this feat”.

Saraki also assured Nigerians of the Senate’s commitment to the development of sports through relevant legislation and appropriate budgetary allocations, in order to further enhance the nation’s sporting prowess across the globe.