Oguche Foundation to train 1,000 youths on fundamentals of basketball

Over 1000 youths across Nigeria are to be trained on the rudiments of basketball by the Samuel Oguche Basketball Foundation, founded by an ex-international, Samuel Oguche. Speaking with newsmen yesterday, Oguche said the foundation would be partnering with the Governor Yahaya Bello Basketball Youth Empowerment (GYBBYE) to reach out to over 1,000 youths across the […]

Over 1000 youths across Nigeria are to be trained on the rudiments of basketball by the Samuel Oguche Basketball Foundation, founded by an ex-international, Samuel Oguche.

Speaking with newsmen yesterday, Oguche said the foundation would be partnering with the Governor Yahaya Bello Basketball Youth Empowerment (GYBBYE) to reach out to over 1,000 youths across the country from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18 in Kogi State.

“The Kogi basketball camp is basically meant to empower our teeming youths at the grassroots and to this end, we decided to stage this very important camp in the Confluence city.

“We will be collaborating with many of our friends and sponsors to invite a couple of teams from Abuja, Lagos, all over the country so people can come together for the three-day tournament and the kids’ camp.

“The project, which is not limited to just one part of the country, is meant to mentor kids and take the youths off the streets.

“We have taken our camps to all the geo-political zones of the country and expect kids from Kogi and its environs to participate,” he said.

Oguche said Governor Yahaya Bello was using basketball to take kids off the streets, adding that the governor recently renovated and commissioned a basketball court in the state ahead of the event.

“The project, which is meant to mentor kids, is our own little way of giving back to the society and we are happy that governor Bello is buying into that.

“The wife of the governor, Hajia Rashida Bello, has also thrown her weight behind the much-anticipated GYB youth empowerment basketball tournament due to be held in Lokoja.

“Over the weekend, she commissioned a newly renovated basketball court at the Federal University of Technology, Lokoja, which is expected to host the GYB Youth empowerment competition,” he said.