President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, Tijjani Umar has discussed issues of interest to the country with officials of the game's world governing body, the Inter Basketball Federation, FIBA and its African affiliate, Fiba Africa.
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The meeting, according to the NBBF president, was at the instance of FIBA and it coincided with the official inauguration of the new Basketball House as well as the induction of the 'Class of 2013' into the Fiba Hall of Fame on June 18 and 19, 2013.in Mies on the outskirts of Geneva in Switzerland.
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"The Nigeria Basketball Federation was invited by the International Basketball Federation(FIBA) to attend the official inauguration of the new Basketball House in Mies on the outskirts of Geneva as well as the induction of the 'Class of 2013'into the Fiba Hall of Fame on the 18th and 19th of June,2013,"Umar disclosed.