The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced Tuesday, September 14, 2021 the return to office of our compatriot Hamane Niang, cleared of allegations that he had remained silent on sexual abuse committed against basketball players in his country.
Parenthesis therefore closed for Hamane Niang. Forced to temporarily relinquish his role as president of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) for being cited in a sexual abuse investigation, the leader can finally return to his place. FIBA announced this on Tuesday September 14th in a press release, in which it explains that “independent report provides no evidence to support allegations that the president, Hamane Niang, knew or should have known about sexual abuse within the Malian Basketball Federation.”,
In the statement, Fiba confirms that the independent report provides no evidence to support allegations that Fiba President Hamane Niang knew or should have known about sexual abuse within the Federation. Malian basketball player. Hamane Niang maintains, in a statement reported by the press release, that this investigation is of paramount importance. “I want to express my personal and unconditional support for the victims. These infringements must be duly prosecuted by Fiba in the framework of independent procedures. The integrity officer confirmed my announcement, I will now resume my official duties with Fiba, ”said the president of Fiba.
This return of Hamane Niang within the bodies of the fiba is hardly a surprise in view of the esteem and confidence which man enjoys within the basketball world.
Indeed, Hamane Niang has contributed a lot to get the Malian basketball out of its lethargy. It will have enabled it to be the number 1 discipline of Sports in Mali. Who does not remember his saving initiatives of the Rails and cotton conferences, the results of which helped propel Malian basketball onto the roof of Africa.
And if Mali has become a temple of basketball, especially for women, Hamane Niang is its main builder. Driven by his success in business management and driven by a vision of the development of the discipline at the base, he (basketball) allowed him to come out of his lethargy and gain respect in Africa and in the world. From Mali, Hamane Niang put his bags down at FIBA-Africa. He also led this body with brio and prowess, instilling a dynamic of emergence.
The first edition of the “ Basket League Africa ” Where “ African Basketball League (The African version of the prestigious NBA) from May 16 to 30, 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda. Not to mention that it was under his presidency that Mali won its first continental trophy (in collective sports) at club level (the Djoliba Dames in 1995) and national selections (the Aigles Dames in 2007 in Dakar, Senegal) .
All those who have sincerely collaborated with Niang or have known him have testified to his ethics and his high sense of values. And all the more so since he is not a leader to tolerate an attack on the physical and moral integrity of the players whose interests he has always defended.
Granny Sanogo
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