By Ado Salisu
Kano State Sports Commission has approved the re-appointment of the Emir of Kano, HRH. Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as Chairman, Kano state basketball association.
The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Galadima stated this while announcing the disbandment of players of the Kano Pillars basketball team in his office.
Dr. Galadima explained that the reconstituting of the association board became necessary following the dwindling outings of the team.
He explained that the board alongside other associations which have been dissolved in 2021, deem it necessary to reconstitute the basketball board aimed at repositioning the team.
The Executive Chairman charged the new association’s board led by the Emir of Kano to recruit fresh players with a view to moving the game forward.
Former captain of the national basketball team and one-time vice president of NBBF, Alhaji Muktar Adamu Khalid is the vice chairman while ex-international and former Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ambassador Mustapha Lawan Sulaiman, former state director of land, Aminu Jafar, Rabiu Abdu Sharif and former Secretary of the state handball Association, Usman Yahaya were members.
Other members are former basketball veteran Bashir Chedi, Ado Wayo, Umar Bala, and Ado Abdullahi Rano.
Earlier, the chairman of the Kano state basketball veterans Association, Muktar Adamu Khalid expressed dismay over the dwindling outing of the Kano Pillars basketball team in recent competitions.
