CAF Champion League: Akan Udofia pledges $20,000 to Akwa United FC ahead of Belouizdad encounter
The Chief Executive Officer of Desicon Engineering Limited, Mr Akan Udofia has pledged a the sum of $20,000 to Akwa United FC if the team win their second leg CAF Champion league match against CR Belouizdad of Algeria in Algiers.
The promise was made by the Chief Executive Officer of Desicon Engineering Limited while redeeming a pledge of N5 million to the club, a promise he made to give the team one million for each goal scored against MFM FC in the final home match of last season, which the home side won 5-2 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.
During the presentation, Udofia hailed the squad’s efforts last season, which saw them win the NPFL for the first time in the franchise’s 25-year existence, and said the team deserved all the support and encouragement they could get to achieve even more.
“I am proud of Akwa United, much more proud to be an Akwa Ibomite. I have been following your activities online and when I saw that Akwa United needed a win or draw in their last home match of the season to win the league I decided to come up with cash incentive to encourage and motivate the boys. Your achievement epitomized the can-do spirit of an Akwa Ibom person. You have made the state proud and that’s why I identified with you, to show my little support and to encourage you to do more.”
He also congratulated the team for recording their first-ever CAF Champions League win against Algerian league Champions, CR Belouizdad in Uyo, and presented another N1million to the team. The cheque presentation event which took place at Akwa United’s camp in Uyo also saw members of the AK-Prosperity Team donating N2.2million to the team.
To encourage the team ahead of their trip to Algeria for the return leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary match, the Businessman then promised to give the team $20,000 if they beat CR Belouizdad in Algiers on Sunday September 19.
“If you go to Algeria and win, as you will be coming back, twenty thousand dollars will be waiting for you courtesy of me and my team, the prosperity group,” the business tycoon announced.
Responding on behalf of the club, the Chairman, Elder Paul Bassey expressed gratitude to Obong Akan Udofia for his kind gesture and thanked him for identifying with the team, appealing to other well-meaning Akwa Ibomites to support the effort of the state government to make the team succeed.
Recall that in 2017, Udofia offered the Super Eagles the sum of $20,000 for every goal scored in a FIFA World Cup qualifying cracker against Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions in Yaounde. The match ended 1-1 and the money promised was given to the team.
