FIBA Decides Kida’s Tenure as NBBF President to Terminate October 15

*Insists no amendment to NBBF statutes until after Women’s World Cup * New elections in October 

Duro Ikhazuagbe 

World basketball governing body, FIBA, has laid to rest the controversy over when the present executive committee of the Nigeria Basketball Federation  (NBBF) led by Amadu Musa Kida will terminate.

In a letter to the NBBF dated March 16, 2026 and signed by FIBA Secretary General, Andreas Zagklis, the basketball governing body, stated clearly that the mandate of the present NBBF board remains valid until October 15, 2026.

This is the position of Kida that some basketball stakeholders opposed and took the matter to FIBA to decide.

FIBA also ruled in the letter that elections into the executive committee of the NBBF must be conducted strictly after the conclusion of the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup and no later than October 15, 2026, with the inauguration to assume office on October 16, 2026.

According to Zagklis, “ FIBA recognises the current NBBF board’s mandate until  15 October, 2026;

“Elections for the NBBF  governing bodies must take place after the conclusion of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup  (13 September 2026) and by no later than  15 October, 2026. The newly elected NBBF Board shall start its mandate on 16 October 2026;

“FIBA will not recognise any amendments to the NBBF statutes before  the electoral process is completed. Therefore, the upcoming elections must be conducted under the current statutory framework and in compliance with FIBA General Statutes  and Internal Regulations.”

FIBA however stressed that if the stakeholders who are insisting that the Kida board’s mandate expired in January 2026, four years after elections were conducted, are not satisfied with this decision, they are free to contest it before the FIBA Appeals Panel in accordance with the provisions of Book 1 of the FIBA Internal Regulations.