2022 Milo schools basketball national finals dunk-off June 25

The national finals of the 2022 Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship in both the male and female categories will dunk-off on Saturday, June 25 at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National stadium Surulere in Lagos.

Already 12 teams have qualified from the six geo-political zones to feature in the final stage of the cadet championship ending on July 1.

Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Nigeria PLC, Mr. Wassim El-Husseini, said the basketball championship encourages the youths to participate in sporting activities as well as provide a platform to help children imbibe values that set the right foundation for their future.

The finalists in the female category are Government Secondary School, Numan,

Adamawa State; Akpur College, Gboko, Benue State; St. Jude’s Girls Secondary School, Amarata, Bayelsa State; David Hall College, Obalende, Ikoyi, Lagos State; Government Girls Secondary School, Bukavu, Kano State; and Queen Amina College, Sabon-Tasha, Kaduna State.

In the boy’s category the finalists are Dutse International Secondary School, Jigawa State; Government Secondary School, Karu, FCT; King Amachree Academy, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Topfield College, Ajugunle, Apapa, Lagos; Victorroti Private Secondary School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State and Bishop Dimieari Grammar School, Obom, Bayelsa State.

The Championship started with over 10,000 teams featuring in the State preliminaries.

The state champions competed at the zonal conferences from where the winners who will play in the national finals emerged.