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Segun Ikuesan has been appointed administrative secretary of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Africa Zone-3.

FIBA Africa Zone-3
is made up of eight West Africa countries-Benin republic; Burkina Faso;
Côte d’Ivoire; Ghana; Liberia; Niger Republic; Nigeria and Togo- and is
saddled with the job complimenting the role of FIBA Africa.

Ikuesan, whose job entails overseeing the day-to-day activities of the secretariat promised to do all that he can.

“I will be working
as part of a team and basically what we will be doing is to see that
all programmes organised by the body are well executed and I promise to
do all that I can within my ability to promote and develop the game
within the region”.

Ikuesan is
currently the Media Officer of the Nigeria Basketball Federation
(NBBF); he is also a correspondent for FIBA Africa, FIBA World, and the
world’s top basketball website – eurobasket.com. Ikuesan is also a
commentator with Africa’s leading pay-television – SuperSport and
Media/Communications.

Muktar Adamu
Khaleh, the current first vice-president of the NBBF and chairman of
the Nigeria Technical Commission, was appointed as President; Coffi
Tonon Pierre of Benin was named Secretary General, while Joseph Gerard
Amon of Cote d’Ivoire was appointed as overseer of the technical
commission.

Others include,
Mamadou Belem of Burkina Faso as chairman of the competition
commission, Gamal Idrisu of Ghana is in charge of the
Junior\development council, Togolese Lawson Nadouvi heads the Medical
Council while Liberian Pratt Fred heads the Media Council with Patricia
Lorougnon from Cote d’Ivoire a co-opted member.

They are expected to run the affairs of the zone till the regional body’s next congress in 2014.