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The winner of this season’s DSTV Premier Basketball League will get a cash prize of 2.5 million naira organisers have confirmed.

The Nigeria
Basketball Federation alongside sponsors of the Premier Basketball
league, MultiChoice Nigeria said the prize money is to help make the
league more competitive.

Speaking yesterday
at the unveiling ceremony for the new logo of the league, Multichoice’s
Managing Director, Joseph Hundah, said his company will continue to
support the league.

“We are proud of
how far the league has grown in the past two years and pledge our full
commitment to the future of basketball in Nigeria,” Hundah said.

“Multichoice is
looking into the future where basketball will be one of the best two
sports in Nigeria.” For his part, president of the Basketball
Federation, Tijani Umar, thanked the sponsors, describing their gesture
as exemplary.

“I wish to
appreciate Multichoice as the league is getting stronger because of the
good communication between us,” he said. “While on our side, we have
tried to be very transparent in handling the sponsorship package.”

Umar also said from
the current season the league will run till June in order for players
to be made available for international events involving the national
team.

He said that to make the league more competitive relegation has been reintroduced.

Two teams were promoted into the Premier League ahead of the
commencement of this season. They are Chariots of Lagos in the Atlantic
Conference and Kaduna based Nigeria Immigration in the Savannah
Conference.