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The recent victory of Akwa United Football Club in the 2015 Federation Cup tournament has earned each of the players two million naira and a House while the Coach coast home with three million naira courtesy of the State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel.<\/p>\n

The Governor splashed the team with the mouth watering reward at a special Banquet held in honour of the players at Government House, Uyo.<\/p>\n

At the event, the visibly excited Governor congratulated the team for the victory noting that the feat has demystified a challenge that has eluded the state since 1964 to make history as champions in the tournament.<\/p>\n

He said the team narrowly escaped relegation and defied football permutation to emerge champions\u00a0 and\u00a0 brought the Trophy to the State adding that the feat which rekindles the social\u00a0 re-orientation Dakkada ideology, has secured the\u00a0 team’s participation in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) competition scheduled for next year.<\/p>\n

He described Football as a unifying factor and advised the people to sink the wall of ethnicity and acrimony and be focus on a collective goal that will open the\u00a0 floodgate of opportunities for the state and the\u00a0 players as they gear up for the continental football\u00a0 league which the state will co-host in the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.<\/p>\n

The immediate past Governor and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, described the victory as a dream come true and the beginning of greater things to come to the State. He\u00a0 enjoined the people to align themselves with the aspirations of Governor Udom’s administration and congratulated the players for the victory cautioning them not to bask in the euphoria of the victory but should sustain the feat in the Continental League.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Youth And Sports, Mr Monday Uko, who set the tone for the\u00a0 event, attributed the victory to God’s benevolence and said that the Governor ‘s motivational interaction with the players prior to the match had inspired the team to victory.<\/p>\n

He expressed appreciation to the Governor for the initial one hundred million naira injected into the team and said that the funds had cleared outstanding indebtedness and also addressed sundry issues affecting the club.<\/p>\n

Mr Uko particularly thanked the Stake holders in the likes of James Etokebe,,\u00a0 Friday Ekpo , Paul Bassey and Umoh Bassey, whose wealth of experience has enliven the players and make the team come out top in the tournament, acknowledging that Akwa United Football Club has produced Ubong Friday who scored six goals to emerge highest goal scorer in the Federation Cup competition.<\/p>\n

The Banquet which featured comedy shows, cultural display and musical performances was graced by Sport Enthusiasts, Political Class,\u00a0 Technocrats, Business Mogul and people of the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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