The ancient city of Kano goes agog as the African Children Talents Discovery Foundation (ACTDF), in collaboration with Olumide Oyedeji Youth Foundation (OOYF), holds the inaugural Noah Dallaji Legacy U17 Basketball Tournament from August 8 to 14, 2021.
The tournament, which aims at discovering young talents from the grassroots and projecting them to both national and international levels, will feature seven states from the three geo-political zones in the North. The seven states are Host Kano, Sokoto, Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau, Kaduna and Kwara.
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Unveiling the programme to the press in Kano, renowned NBA star and captain of Nigeria’s senior male national team, Olumide Oyedeji, said the tournament would be a mentorship programme where professionals will educate the upcoming basketballers on the life after sports careers.
“This will help the players to be developed mentally, socially and emotionally. There will also be training for the coaches as well,” Olumide said.
The African Children Talents Discovery Foundation (ACTDF) is a non-governmental organization with Grade C with the United Nations (UN).
It has been organizing high-level child events in most of the General Assembly of the UN. It was the first charity organisation to sign a ‘Sister City’ with the city of Upland in 2010, and it was signed into law by the then US President Barack Obama.
ACTDF says it is catching on Olumide’s pedigree in basketball to build young basketballers that will represent Nigeria at a higher level.
“Olumide has been doing a lot through his foundation, and we decided to have this incorporation in line with the Legacy programme of ACTDF.
