The players’ representative on the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, Ejike Ugboaja, has hinted that the body is ready discuss with clubs to fix the minimum wage for players.
Ugboaja made this known after a two-day retreat with players plying their trade in the Nigerian Basketball League system (Premier League, Division 1, Division 2 and Zenith Women Basketball League) in Lagos.
The players’ representative said the new NBBF under Engineer Musa Kida is poised to protect the interest of players.
“As a federation, we are going to enter into a discussion with clubs to decide on a minimum wage for players in the league system. I am going to serve them and do exactly what they expect of me and no player will be left behind,” he said.
Ugboaja appealed to all players to join hands with the federation to bring the desired change and sanity to the league system.
“Two months ago, nobody knew that what we have achieved could be possible. This is a process that we are putting in place to ensure that all these issues are tackled.”