Mr Godwin Ezeemo, industrialist and sports lover, has commended Air Peace Airline for its partnership with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Air Peace, owned by Chief Allen Onyema, recently entered into a deal with NFF that makes the airline the official airline and sponsor of the national soccer teams.
In an interview in Awka on Monday, Ezeemo described Air Peace initiative as a welcome development.
Ezeemo, who grooms a football team in Aguata, Anambra, said that the action would boost players morale.
He said the gesture would also serve as a big relief to the nation in its logistic planning for the national teams.
Ezeemo said Air Peace’s decision was a milestone for the nation’s football, describing football as the most unifying factor in Nigeria at the moment.
He said with the growing division in the polity, Nigerians needed to continuously encourage sports and football in particular as a tool of unity, peace and harmony amongst the nation’s citizenry.
“Onyema’s action simply brought hope to Nigeria’s football, the only umbrella that still binds Nigerians together as one people with collective destiny,” he said.
Ezeemo urged wealthy Nigerians to emulate the steps taken by Onyema to develop the country as well as to expand its economic base.
He also appealed to the Federal Government to always create friendly business environment for businessmen as a way to encourage them.
Ezeemo, a philanthropist and politician, is the chairman of Orient Group of Companies.
Air Peace deal with NFF is a four-year agreement worth over N350 million and renewable annually.
