NBBF pledges to support Deborah Onah financially

Nigeria Basketball Federation has promised to financially assist the family of basketball player Deborah Onah, who is battling tuberculosis of the spine, TopNaija.ng reports.

Onah is currently receiving treatments at the Primus Hospital in Abuja, where series of tests have been carried out, with results expected on Tuesday (today) after which the financial implication for treatment and rehabilitation will be ascertained.

According to a Twitter thread from the handle of NBBF, president of the federation, Musa Ahmadu-Kida, stated that they would play their role in ensuring Onah returned to the court soon.

“The players are our clients and we will ensure that every Nigerian player whether home or abroad feel our impact,” Ahmadu-Kida was quoted.

“Although, we are not a financially buoyant federation, but we will see what we can do to contribute our quota.

“We gathered that some Nigerians have contributed toward her treatment which was used to commence treatment. We are so grateful to them. We are still appealing for more so that Deborah can play basketball again.”