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September 10, 2019
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has restated his commitment to developing basketball further in Nigeria.
A statement by the Special Assistant to theMinister, Tunde Akpeji, made available to Newsmen quoted Dare as saying thatthe tonic to generate excitement and private investment around basketball hasbeen promoted.
Taking a cue from the victory of D’Tigers in China where they picked the Olympics ticket, Dare restated the ministry’s commitment to developing other sports alongside football.
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He said Nigeria’s resurgence in certain sports,including basketball would be leveraged upon in the build-up to the Olympics.
The minister who followed up the D’Tigers on each oftheir games had placed a call to them moments after they won.
In his tweet about the team’s victory, he said“D’Tigers secured Africa’s sole Olympic ticket to Tokyo 2020.