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Adedeji Egbebi
Ado-Ekiti, Dec. 21, 2016, (NAN) The Ekiti Basketball Head Coach, Adetayo Awojirin, on Wednesday said that with the current form the state’s basketball team, it would become a formidable force in the game soon.
Awojirin, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, said he had set up male and female basketball teams that were well trained.
He explained that the U-16, U-18 and U-22 male and female teams had been formed to enable the state participate in national and international competitions.
The coach said that aside the regular talent discovery competition being organised by EkitI Basketball Association, youths were given the opportunity to participate in inter-state and national competitions.
He said one of the inter-state competitions was tagged “Youth Alive’’ organised by the Lagos State Basketball association in collaboration with Deepbond Global Ventures.
Awojirin said the programme helped to discover and develop the talented players who love basketball.
He assured the people of the state that 2017 would be full of competitions which would improve the skills of the state basketball teams. (NAN)
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(Editing by peter Ejiofor)