By Ado Salisu, Kano
Not fewer than 32 secondary schools in Kano are expected to compete in the state preliminaries of the forthcoming Inter-Secondary Nestle Milo Basketball Championship for both boys and girls categories scheduled to hold between 2nd and 3rd, April, 2026.
A statement by the head of schools sports of Kano state Ministry of Education, Malam Kabiru Shehu said that Indoor Sports Hall of Sani Abacha Sports Complex, Kofar Mata, will host boys category while the girls category will be hosted by the Government Girls College, Dala.
Malam Kabiru Shehu said that the 17 secondary schools to compete in the boys category include the defending champions, Ahmadiyya College, Science Academy Kuntau, Government Secondary School Sumaila, GSS Bichi, GSS Rano, GSS Dambatta, Rumfa College, Army Day Bukavu, GSS Sharada, GSS Gwarzo, GSS Tudun Wada, Government Teachers College Ungogo, GSS Bachirawa, GSS Gwammaja, GSS Mariri, Sani Bello Science Dawakin Kudu, Kano Capital and Gateway International.
While the girls category are to converge in GGC Dala, to determine the winner among 15 schools which include Ahmadiyya College, GGC Kano, GGC Gezawa, Army Day Girls Bukavu, GGSS Maryam Aloma, GGSS Sumaila, GGSS Izazuddin, Kano Capital Girls, GGSS First Lady, GGSS Kwa, GGSS Kura, GGSS Jogana and GGSS Shekara.
The head of schools sports, however, said that the winners for both boys and girls are to represent the state in the Savannah Conference while the eventual winners during the conference would proceed to Lagos for the final stage of the competition.
While commending Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and the state Commissioner for Education, Gwani Ali Haruna Makoda for their moral and financial support, he urged the participants to be good ambassadors of their respective schools.
The final of the state preliminaries will hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of Sani Abacha Sports Complex, Kofar Mata on Saturday 4th, April, 2026.
