Bukola Saraki, the Senate president, has honoured Nigeria’s basketball team, D’Tigers, who won their first continental championship victory on August 30th.
He shared a video of himself playing basketball on his Facebook page.
Saraki commended D’Tigers in a statement by his chief press secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja.
The Senate president said it was fulfilling that the Nigerian team finally broken the jinx and made the nation proud at the 2015 African Basketball Championship held in Tunisia.
According to him D’Tigers’ victory has renewed Nigeria’s hope and confidence in the team, adding that, “beating Angola at the finals of the 2015 Afro-basket Tournament with 74-65 was a superb performance. We are very happy for our team that they have attained this feat.”
Saraki said the players have written their names in the sands of time just as he dared the team and its technical crew to redouble their efforts so as to be victorious in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil.
He also assured Nigerians of the Senate’s commitment to the development of sports through relevant legislation and appropriate budgetary allocations in order to further enhance the nation’s sporting prowess across the globe.
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