Akwa United U-15 Captain Nsikan Alloysius and goalkeeper Covenant Bassey have been promoted to the club’s first team and have been registered as youth players to play in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League season.
Nsikan Alloysius and Covenant Bassey: Akwa United registers two academy players
Nsikan, a left full-back was the captain of Akwa United U-15 team, while Covenant, a goalkeeper, participated in the 2021 NPFL/LA LIGA Promise tournament in Enugu and both were invited to the National U-15 camp.
The youngsters recently completed their secondary education at Government Technical College, Ewet Offot, and Aka Community Secondary school in Uyo respectively.
The two players have been training with the Promise Keepers main team since returning from the 2021 NPFL/LA LIGA tournament in Enugu last year.
Nsikan has been assigned jersey number 38 while Covenant will wear jersey number 40.
The 2020/2021 NPFL champions finished in 10th position last season (52 points) and will look to begin the season in fine form.
Akwa United will begin the new season at Godswill Akpbio International Stadium in Uyo against newly promoted Bendel Insurance on Sunday, January 8, 2022 by 4pm.
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