All set for historic Ghana Basketball Awards on June 7

The hugely anticipated maiden edition of the Ghana Basketball Awards ceremony is set to dazzle a capacity audience on June 7 in Accra, organizers have confirmed.

The historic event is expected to be a typically spectacular fashion, a night that will reach its highest point when the best players, coaches and officials will be rewarded for their excellence.

Other major stakeholders including sponsors and the media will also be recognized for their significant contribution to the growth and popularity of the game in Ghana.

The event, which will be heralded with glitz and glamour would be telecasted LIVE on TV Africa from 8pm.

Awards are up for grabs in 17 categories, with more than 150 guests drawn from sporting fraternity, businesses, some members of the Diploma corps, government and media amongst others expected to fill the TV Africa auditorium.

The response has been overwhelming for Friday's big function which will see serious competition for honours in the various categories.

It's been almost twelve weeks of cursory planning, evaluation and selection by the planning and technical committee drawn from the media and the basketball community.

The Chairman of the Greater Accra Basketball Association and a member of the committee, Benjamin Baafi, has expressed his optimism about Friday's event describing it a long-awaited dream.