The team are expected to report to camp in Abuja shortly. Only last week the U-16 women left for Antananarivo, Madagascar, where they are participating in the ongoing 2015 Afrobasket U-16 Championship. Nigeria pulled out of age grade competitions four years ago to check the rampant age falsification scam which has hampered the growth of legitimate talents in the country and which the federation is now working with stakeholders, especially coaches and their umbrella association to tackle. The NBBF plans also to look out for agents and scouts involved in this deplorable act.

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