NVBF Invites 69 Junior Players To National Male, Female Teams' Camp

Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF) has invited 40 male and 29 female to the national junior teams camp ,ahead of the forthcoming Africa Junior Championship to be hosted in the country and Madagascar  .

The players according to a statement by the chairman of the federation's  media and publicity Committee, Kehinde Lamidi , are expected to report to camp this Friday 29th of January at the Ahmadu Bello stadium, Kaduna.

Those invited for the country's  under 18 female side include six setters  Gift Michael, Charity Joseph , Mary Ishiaku,Fatima Temitope, Nafisat Abdullahi and Maltida Michael.

Four libero ,Okewu J. Faith , Idoko Elizabeth, Esther Dominic and Anthonia Areshola , another nine  

Faith Wakiri, Mary Gane, Charity Paul. Cynthia Dakan, Edisiri Ogbhenepukewe, Nnawene Ebere, Samson Glory, Blessing Ebesimi and Blessing Ezinne for the middle position.

Others are  Kelechi Ndakanbi,Sharon Fredrick, Hope Audu, Omshola Sofiat. I, Marvelous Chilota and Faiza Yahaya for position two Opposite .

The rest are Ruth .O Ozorugwu, Ibrahim Maryam,  Ajayi Peace ,Abdullakheem Aishat, Vivian Njoku,. Deborah Akinshola

and Veronica Omaji for position four 

For the under 19 male side, the invitees are six Setters,Michael Digi,  Alo Taiwo Daniel, Alex Jeremiah,Elisha Anobe, Oladipo Oluwatobilola and Abdulbasit Abdulrasheed

Four Libero, Komolafe Daniel, Abdulrahman Aliyu, Babatunde Lawal

and Junior Akama 

Also in Position 4 are Abuci Achi, Peter Mathias, Emmanuel Steven Ubah, Babalola Useni, Joshua Adama, Ogumlumba Paul, Phillips D. Jones,Timothy Ofunlumba, Innocent Ukpabia and Kinze Jerry.

The invited players for Position 2 are 

 Mohammed Solomon Abari, Patrick Anthony, . Abdullahi U. Taballawa, Vincent Mathias, Abari Manama,  Lucky O. Faruk,  Rheem Ahmed,  Jibrin Adamu, Adamu Abubakar Sadiq, Ayekunle Ilepo,. John Solomon, Temple Njoma Njoku, Nnwgbo E. Nnebuka,  Bassey Austin Ojah,  Oyedepo D. Oyewole, Oluwagboyi Akin, Pascal Ozokoye, Yusuf Eliphas, Paul Mathias and Jayeola Abdulkadri

The technical chairman of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Martin Melandi says the camping is to prepare the female team for the U-18 Africa Nations cup to be hosted by  Nigeria in a proposed 6th and 13th of March,2021 to CAVB and FIVB while male U-19 team is expected to feature at the U-19 Junior male volleyball championship in Madagascar between 20th and 28th of February, 2021.

The president of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation, Eng Musa Nimrod expressed optimism that the female team that came fourth in the last edition in Kenya will surely improve on the last result while the male team that ruled Africa in the last edition in Tunisia is expected to defend the title in Madagascar.