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FIBA World Cup: Nigeria’s D’Tigers leave for China

Nigeria’s senior basketball team overcame their cash crunch Tuesday by borrowing money as they announced their departure for China on Tuesday.

Officials of the team had appealed to the Nigerian Sports Ministry and President Muhammadu Buhari for financial help.

On Tuesday night, the Twitter handle of the team announced their departure.

“D’Tigers will leave for China today with the full training camp roster. D’Tigers will compete in a pre-World Cup tourney and then finalize the roster in China”, it said.

And another tweet showed the players inside the plane:

The team’s General Manager, Musa Adamu revealed that the team had to wait for the NBBF President, Musa Kida to return from Senegal where he went to cheer the D’Tigress to their fourth African title.

“I want to thank the President, Kida, specially for again making our trip possible and to participate at the World Cup.

‘’Without him and the support of the federation, it would have been a different story altogether,” he said.

Kida said the federation had to source for loan to enable them to proceed to China.

He said the federation could not afford to allow Nigeria that became the first country in the world to qualify for the world cup to miss out or go to China as mere participants.

“The journey has not been easy due to delay in the release of funds by the Federal Government, however, the federation, once again has to ensure that we do what we have to do.

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