Basketball: Kida, Joe Apu appointed by FIBA Zone 3

Two Nigerians have been appointed by the FIBA Africa Zone 3 board to serve for the 2019 - 2023 term of office.

Engr Musa Kida and Joseph Apu were nominated and confirmed as Vice President and Administrator of FIBA Africa Zone 3 respectively.

The Nigeria Basketball Federation President who was nominated by the federation's delegates to the 2019 Zone 3 congress in Cotonou, Benin Republic was confirmed by the General Assembly.
The Nigerian duo of Andrew Isokpehi and Oni Afolabi (Board Member) unanimously nominated Kida to assist the zonal president, Col. Sam Ahmedu (rtd) after the position was zoned to Nigeria.

Kida who was formerly the Secretary General of FIBA Africa Zone 3 was of recent appointed into the Marketing and Finance Committee of FIBA.

Meanwhile, one of the foremost Nigerian Basketball journalists, Joseph Apu was also appointed as the Executuve Administrator of the zone.

Their appointments take immediate effect and will run till 2023.

FIBA Zone 3 consist of Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire and Niger Republic.

By Nigeria Basketball Federation Media