Ahmedu hails players at Nestle Milo Basketball meet

President of FIBA Africa Zone 3, Sam Ahmedu, has commended the standard of play at the ongoing Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship.
Speaking with TheNiche in Lagos while reviewing some of the matches already played, the proprietor of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club, said he is impressed with the performance of some of the players, and praise the sponsors, Nestle Nigeria.
In his view, the standard of the championship “has improved tremendously”, and some of the players “are just fantastic and I am sure their coaches must have done a great job on them.
“But the major praises should go to our sponsors, Nestle Nigeria, for identifying with the game and helping to nurture the future champions.
“From what I saw of some of the matches watched so far, there is no doubt that the national final will be thrilling and exciting.”
The Conference stages of the championship draws near as all state finals are expected to have concluded their finals.
The national finals in both boys and girls categories will hold in Asaba from June 5 to 12.
Every team in the national finals will receive N200,000. Winners will get an additional N150,000 for first place; second N120,000 and third N100,000.
They will also receive trophies, Milo goodies and lots of Milo to drink.
After the championship, a special training camp will be held for players who distinguish themselves.
Milo, in conjunction with Giants of Africa and some National Basketball Association (NBA) players from the United States, will organise the training, called the Nestle Milo Top 50 camp.
The camp holds from August 4 to 7.