In giving back to the society, that produced her, the President of Nigeria Women Basketball Organisation based in the United States and Ex Delta State Basketball Player, Chioma Nwoye has empowered young female basketballers in the Delta State.
Speaking to Journalists during the ‘3 on 3’ Basketball games at the Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba, Nwoye said their motivation of the female players was to bring out the talents in the young basketballers.
She added that the event was an avenue to harvest talents, send videos of their performance abroad and scholarship could come to the lucky ones.
She said, “The opportunity here for them is that when we get these talents, we talk to coaches, schools and colleges abroad and they can get scholarship to leave Nigeria”.
“We are starting small, but planning to go bigger. This is the first tournament. Thereafter, we will expand. We really want to start from the half court, then, expand.
“When we see these talents, they are useful to the state, it’s all about women. I’m so passionate about it. I’m a full package when it comes to this game.”
She said “free registration was done to get the participants, as it was an open competition, and we worked with the coaches”.
“We streamlined the age range so that we can catch the young ones. One experienced player in every team. We agreed that any player that has won the green white green, whether under 16, 18, 22, we categorise that as an experienced player. We have one of such in each team.”
She told Journalists at the stadium that: “I’m passionate about basketball. I see brighter future in it. I went to the US as a coach. The truth is we have talents but we do not have enough platforms to showcase these talents.
Speaking on the motive behind the empowerment, she said it was to help discover the skills of the young basketballers and to see that the performed better that she did.
