Former President of the 8th Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has committed to working with Masai Ujiri, the President of the National Basketball Association’s Toronto Raptors, to strengthen the growth of basketball in Nigeria in order to create more opportunities for talented Nigerians.
In a series of tweets on his personal Twitter handle: @BukolaSaraki, Saraki, who visited the Raptors training facility in Canada, stated that he had committed to help build basketball facilities in Nigeria in order to “create a pathway for the continent’s underprivileged youth through sport.”
Saraki tweeted: “Yesterday, it was a pleasure to spend some time at the Toronto Raptors training facility and meet with Masai Ujiri, the Nigerian-born President of the organisation. What a state of the art facility! Congratulations.
“I was pleased to hear about Masai’s @GiantsOfAfrica Foundation that works to create a pathway for the continent’s underprivileged youth through sport with the goal of growing the game of basketball within Africa.
“With basketball facilities in Rwanda, Kenya and other parts of the continent, I mentioned to Masai that it would be great for his @GiantsOfAfrica foundation to augment its basketball clinics by building similar ones in Nigeria.
“I have committed to work with himself and other well-meaning Nigerians to build similar basketball facilities in different parts of the country. This will create more opportunities for our young talented Nigerians.”
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