The Nigeria Basketball Federation has released a timeline for elections into its Executive Board.

Following approval of the electoral process by the Extraordinary Congress held September 26, 2026 in Yola, Adamawa State, the Electoral Committee, has now released guidelines, timelines and modalities for the elections, scheduled to hold October 15, 2026, in Abuja.

The Extraordinary Congress approved and set up a seven-man Electoral Committee led by Dr. Lanre Glover, and a three-man Appeals Committee.

The Elections into the new Executive Board of the NBBF, shall be witnessed by a Representative of FIBA, Representative of NOC and a Representative of NSC.

In consonance with Article 21 of the NBBF Statutes 2019, the composition of NBBF Executive Board, shall include the President, Vice-President, 6 other zonal members, and Referees and Coaches Association.

Others include Representative of players union, Representative of Military/Paramilitary, Representative of Corporate Sponsors, Representative of Continental/International Boards, NAWIS Representative, and NAPHER Representative.

NBBF ELECTIONS TIMELINES:

1.Inauguration of Electoral and Appeal Committees (26,September, 2026);

2.Collection of Nomination Forms by all contestants(27, September, 2026);

3.Return of completed Nomination forms(6th-7th,October, 2026);

4.Screening, clearance and release of names of cleared candidates (8th-9th, October, 2026);

5.Date for the election of other affiliate bodies (7th-14th, October, 2026)

6.Players Representatives Elections (12th October, 2026);

7.Technical Representative Election (13th, October, 2026);

8.Submission of appeals against decision of electoral committee (13th, October, 2026)

9.Hearing and release of the decision of the appeals committee which is final (14th, October, 2026);

10.2026 NBBF Elective Congress.

—By Victor Oriola