Basketball's world governing body,FIBA has given Nigeria up till November 30,2017 to resolve the leadership dispute in the Nigeria Basketball Federation,NBBF or face dire consequences.
Secretary General of FIBA,Patrick Baumann,in a letter addressed to leaders of the two parties involved in the dispute,Tijani Umar and Musa Kida instructed both parties to resolve it either through a ''new election or [preferable] through amicable solution under the auspices of the Nigeria Olympic Committee,before 30 November 2017''.
The world governing body further stressed that in the event that the dispute remains unresolved after the deadline,that the ''NBBF willbe subject to the possibility of sanctions,including without limitation,a suspension of the membership with FIBA''.
It added that regardless of any sanctions,it will appoint a task force that will take any appropriate measure[s] in the interest pf basketball in Nigeria.