'Time to pep up northern women basketball'
Friday, January 17, 2014

Throughout the season, Splinters played second fiddle to their southern counterparts and won only two games. It is against this backdrop that female basketball players have lacked motivation to take the game to another level believing they cannot make an impact on the domestic league.However, BBA is not folding its arms in the face of a dwindling interest among female basketball players in the north."This (improvement of women basketball in the north) is one of our agenda that will be tabled at our managers' meeting in the no distant future," said Ubakar.
While every citizen, including the Head of State, has the right to voice opinions, the tone and context of the President’s comments were regrettably dismissive and risk chilling free expression in our country. The remarks are not isolated. They form part of a disturbing pattern of public attacks on independent institutions pillars essential to the healthy functioning of our democracy. The Judiciary, the Legislature, and now the media have all...