Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom state, has congratulated Akwa United Football Club for their historic and emphatic 5-2 victory over Mountain of Fire Ministries (MFM) FC to be crowned Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) champions for the first time in 25 years.
The governor, who watched Akwa United live at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Sunday, acknowledged God’s mercies upon the team to emerge league leaders after a scintillating performance at home.
Speaking to journalists after the victory, Emmanuel commended Akwa United players for making the state proud also the management for their support to the team.
“I want to thank all Akwa Ibomites, both home and at the diaspora, for their support and prayers today Akwa Ibomites. Wherever you are, I am proud of you and I am also proud to an Akwa Ibomite,” he said.
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“I know you have said that never in history has a team from this entire region risen to win two FA cups, and a league trophy by one governor, how you can explain that? You know one thing sums it all only God!”
The governor stated that his vision for the team is to conquer Africa at the Continental League games, and promised to give the team the necessary support to feature at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League, maintaining that the team has not only brought laurels to the state, but has been a good investment yielding returns.
‘’I told them that first, you must make an investment, secondly, you must make a good investment, thirdly, you must ensure good returns. People can make an investment but it’s not a good investment, some can make a good investment but it can’t yield good return, so if you are a good investor, your investment must be a good investment and must also yield return. I think the entire State has made a good investment and the investment is yielding good return,” he said.
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“Today they have conquered Nigeria, we are looking forward to conquered Africa and I will give them the maximum support to make sure they conquered Africa once we conquer Africa, we’ll go to World Club tournament then we will conquer the World that’s our vision”.
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