Nestlé MILO Basketball Championship 2023: FCT, Niger Shine in Central Conference

It is a dream come true for coach Emmanuel Biodun Tanko, head coach of Father
O’Connell Science College, Minna, Niger State, as his team defeated their
counterparts from Government Secondary School, Karu, FCT in the final of the boys’
category in the just concluded Central Conference of the MILO Basketball
Championship.

According to Coach Tanko, his team lost to the same opponents last year in the same
championship. On the team’s preparation on the road to victory this year, Coach
Tanko said, “We had a 70-day period of training. During Ramadan, we were there. It
is a testimony that hard work pays. Also, without God we would not have been able
to achieve this feat.”

Captain of the winning team from Father O’Connell Science College, Minna, Niger
State, Mahmood Mustapha Mohammed, thanked Nestlé MILO for supporting and
sponsoring them. The young man who says his dream is to play with globally
recognized stars in the National Basketball Association (NBA) one day, also said, “I
want to give a big shout out to our parents and coaches for always being there for us
and believing in us, trusting that we will come back with the trophy.”

The boys from Father O’Connell Science College, Minna, Niger State fought hard in
a keenly contested encounter to defeat the boys from Government Secondary School,
Karu, FCT with 53 points to 49. They were therefore crowned champions in the boys’
category at the Central Conference of the 23rd MILO Secondary Schools Basketball
Championship held in Abuja from the 12th to the 19th of May 2023.