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RESTRUCTURING NPFL CLUBS Part 2 Establishment of a football academy An academy for studies and football should be established by Akwa Ibom Football Club with the aim of grooming youth players for the club, which could be for business (in terms of transfer) or further promotion into the club’s first team. The name of the academy could be called “Akwa Ibom Football Club Academy”, or for language preferences it could also be named “Ufuknwad Football”, meaning school of football. The club finances could be strengthen by the sale of players (mainly youths) who do not break into the first team. Buy back and sell on clauses should be inserted into their contracts before they are sold in case of future occurrences. Also as an academy for studies, young less privilege children with merit in football could be half sponsored by the club along with their academic life. Should the player be a non residence of the state, he should be housed in the academy housing unit. Transfer Policy

RESTRUCTURING NPFL CLUBS (Case study; Akwa United FC of Nigeria) PART 1 Club-Society/community ownership The restructuring of Akwa United is certainly necessary in order to re-establish the club into a modern society or community club as seen in most countries where football clubs are been established not just for the purpose of  football but also to be a medium which people could use to meet and interact with people. Most football clubs of today have realised the necessity to involve people in the dealings of the club’s activity, and also with the aim of providing an avenue for people to meet, interact and also as a symbol of unity. For example, FC Barcelona in Spain has adopted this method of running the club for a long time now. In the aspect of restructuring the club, the football club’s name should be changed from Akwa United to Akwa Ibom Football Club (AIFC). My reason for this is that many clubs in Nigeria use the word “United” in accordance with its name, and this