The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF
and DStv, sponsors of the men's Dstv Premier Basketball League have
announced the payment of all prizes to players who participated in
the All-Stars game decided in Lagos September last year.
According to a top official of the
federation, the prize money was paid into the GTB Savings Account of
the All-Stars Atlantic Coach, Ogoh Odaudu while that for winners in
the Savannah Conference was paid into the Unity Bank account of the
coach, Sani Ahmed.
The total prize money, the federation
stated, amounted to N1,886,330 out of which N1 million went to the
Atlantic All-Stars team while the Savannah Conference team got
N500,000. The MVP got N250,000 while the rest went into other sundry
payments including transport allowances.
In a statement released yesterday, the
NBBF/DStv said that the delay in the payment was regrettable but was
not done on purpose, stressing that the delay was caused by a hitch
in the paper works with DStv and partly by some of the players who
submitted air ticket stubs that had discrepancies which needed to be
sorted out
“We have no doubt that DStv is
determined to help basketball grow in Nigeria and therefore should be
supported in achieving this goal,” the NBBF stated, adding that
players should always see dialogue as the best option at resolving
issues rather than going to the press.
On the issue of payment of musicians
who entertained at the event, the NBBF disclosed that it was not
responsible for their payment as insinuated in some quarters as it
promised that plans have been concluded for a hitch free Pre-season
the jump-ball on February 28 and the season's opener on March 7,
2014.
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