Stanley Gumut, a Nigeria Customs Service, , basketball player has been elected as the athletes’ representative on the board of theThe News Agency of Nigeria reports that in the election, held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, Gumut won the polls with 25 votes against his opponent, Yakubu Muhammed, who won 12 votes out of the 37 registered voters.
“I am not promising on what I can’t do, but I will start with the truth, everything has to change, starting from who can improve the domestic players,” he said “Opportunity should be given to home-based players to be part of the National team, if you only engage foreign players how do you expect home-based players to grow?“We will look at what is good for the player and we will look at the tournament that is not going well and in the same one voice we have spoken today, try to see to the development of the game in the country,” he said.
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