Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema in a handshake with Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (2nd right), Air Peace Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema (left) and officials of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University after the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration on Onyema by the university on Saturday.
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University was on Saturday thrown into celebration when the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema doled out a whopping N70 million towards the upgrade of its infrastructure and pledged to build Nigeria’s first Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies in the institution.
Onyema made the donation moments after he was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at the 9th Convocation Ceremony of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University.
He said the proposed Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies would fight violence, crime and ethnic agitations the way his organisation, The Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN), did with its campaign to restore peace in the Niger Delta.
Onyema appealed to the youths and other Nigerians to shun their ethnic sentiments and work for peace and unity to quicken the country’s socio-economic development.
He said: “I want to help education. I want to fight the incidence of violence and ethnicity in this country. The greatest bane of our development is ethnicity. That is why I want to set up the first Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies for them (Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State) by collaborating with the university and making it an elective course for students, so that people will start learning how to manage conflict.
“Conflict is a catalyst for change but it depends on how you manage it. The institute I want to set up here will help Nigerians with the ways and means of managing conflicts to achieve better results.”
The Air Peace boss insisted that ethno-religious violence could be effectively addressed with education and job creation.
Onyema enthused that Air Peace had continued to lead the way in creation of job opportunities with the provision of thousands of direct and indirect employment to Nigerians without ethnic considerations as part of the airline’s contribution to the socio-economic development of the nation.
Onyema confirmed that the carrier currently had 27 aircraft in its fleet, besides the firm order it recently placed with Boeing for 10 brand new B737 Max 8 aircraft.
He insisted that the airline had demonstrated enough capacity to plug the gaps in air transport services on the domestic and international routes, including Dubai, Sharjah, London, Houston, Guangzhou-China, Mumbai and Johannesburg.
He urged the Federal Government to resist the temptation to set up a national carrier, insisting that experience across the world had proved that the idea was a drain on public resources.
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema (4th left), Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema (3rd left), Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (7th left), First Lady, Chief Ebelechukwu Obiano (8th left), Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Ewi of Ado Ekiti, HRM Oba (Dr) Rufus Adeyemo Adejuggbe Aladesanmi III (4th right), his Olori ((3rd right), acting Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Prof. Gregory Nwakoby (right), Chief Anthony Enukeme (2nd left), Mrs. Enukeme (left), Chief Earnest Azudialu Obiejesie (5th left) and Mrs. Obiejesie (6th left) after the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration on Onyema by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University on Saturday.
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema receiving his Honorary Doctor of Business Administration certificate from the Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Ewi of Ado Ekiti, HRM Oba (Dr) Rufus Adeyemo Adejuggbe Aladesanmi III (2nd right), while the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Prof. E. I. Idemobi (right) looks on.
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema flanked by the Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema and Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Ewi of Ado Ekiti, HRM Oba (Dr) Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi III (right) during the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University on Onyema on Saturday.
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema (2nd left) receiving a plaque from the Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Ewi of Ado Ekiti, HRM Oba (Dr) Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe Aladesanmi III (right), while Air Peace Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema, acting Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Prof. Gregory Nwakoby and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Prof. E. I. Idemobi look on during the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration of Onyema on Saturday.
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema (right) in a chat with Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano shortly before the Air Peace boss was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra on Saturday.
Air Peace Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema (middle) at the 9th Convocation Ceremony of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra, where the airline’s Chairman/CEO, Mr. Allen Onyema was conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration on Saturday
The Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University and Ewi of Ado Ekiti, HRM Oba (Dr) Rufus Adeyemo Adejuggbe Aladesanmi III (right) performing the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration of the institution on Air Peace Chairman/CEO, Mr. Allen Onyema (2nd left) on Saturday
L-R: Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema, Chief Anthony Enukeme and Chief Earnest Azudialu Obiejesie after the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra on Onyema during the institution’s 9th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema (left) exchanging pleasantries with Anambra State First Lady, Chief Ebelechukwu Obiano while the airline’s Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema looks on during the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra on Onyema at the institution’s 9th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema and Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema after the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra on Onyema during the institution’s 9th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday
Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema (right) at the 9th Convocation Ceremony of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra, where he was conferred with an Honourary Doctor of Business Administration on Saturday
L -R: Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema, Chief Anthony Enukeme and Anambra State First Lady, Chief Ebelechukwu Obiano during the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University, Anambra on Onyema at the institution’s 9th Convocation Ceremony on Saturday
L-R: Air Peace Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Allen Onyema, Vice Chairman, Mrs. Alice Onyema, Chief Earnest Azudialu Obiejesie, Mrs. Obiejesie and an official of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University after the conferment of an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration on Onyema by the institution on Saturday
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