"I have a mission in politics, my goal is to be remembered as a young man who came to serve his people at a critical point in history and did what is right by building a solid irreversible foundation of development. I want people to humbly say of me, he is a leader who stood by excellence."
 

ABOUT KWARA FOOTBALL ACADEMY

The Academy provides an avenue for opportunities in academics and football as players, administrators and other professionals. The Academy provides a conducive and unique surrounding to keep youths away from drugs, violence, social vices and other unhealthy activities and is also a testament in terms of the quality of Governor Bukola Saraki’s values for Youth development and creation of a quality future for the Nigerian Youth.

The quality of Youth developmental programmes and education of a nation depends on sustainable viable structures targeted towards the future of its Youth. This, perhaps, forms the background of the Kwara State Government’s gigantic investment in Nigeria Football development, through the establishment of Kwara Football Academy (KFA).

The Kwara Football Academy was established in 2005 as a private initiative and with the support of the State Government to amongst other objectives:

  • Establish a centre for Youth development using football as the medium of that development.

  • Train footballers between the ages of 13 and 21 years to compete favourably with their counterparts at international levels.

  • Develop the skills of these footballers such that after graduation, they can pursue a career as professional footballers with international football clubs whilst generating revenue in foreign currency for the Academy.

  • Provide an opportunity for these potential footballers to receive a first class education whilst honing their skills as footballers

  • Make Kwara State the ultimate centre for the future development of football in Nigeria.

Since 2005, the Academy has been solely funded by the Kwara State government, with the total welfare of the students borne by theState Government. In recent times, the Kwara State Government, desirous of ensuring the long term future and sustainability of the project, conducted a review of the project and developed in conjunction with their Consultants – Premium Sports Management Services Limited - a plan for managing the Academy which included amongst others:

  • Funding the financial requirements of the Academy

  • Legal restructuring of the Academy with a view to attracting private sector partnership in the ownership and management of the Academy

  • Strategic management blueprint with a view to attracting international and multi-national sponsorships

  • Expansion of the infrastructural facilities in the Academy

The restructuring process has seen the Kwara Football Academy re-engineered for better growth and development in line with the current trend in sports development of partnering with the private sector to ensure the long term sustainability of the Academy and the achievement of the goals and objectives of the re-engineering process.

At our Academy, our focus is to unearth budding talents in the game of football, polish and prepare them to become professionals. Thus, they become role models for aspiring talents wherever they may be across the globe.

Presently the Academy has played over one hundred matches at home and away, they won ninety seven(97) matches, drew two (2) and lost only one (1), some of our guest and host have lost with as wide a margin as 5-0. We have a unique system other academies do not have so we are undoubtedly the best Football Academy in Nigeria, our students going on trials in the UK and are preparing for another trip soon. We have agents working with the academy as well as collaborators such as Win Jansen who is a director with Feyenoord FC of Holland.

The Academy has plans to take most of the players, gradually to first division clubs in Europe eventually. We also have plans to get our players into the National team of Nigeria as well as the Nigerian Premier league (Glo Premier League).