Air Peace Boss awarded Most Distinguished Alumnus by UI

Chief Allen Onyema (4th right) flanked by the organisers and management team of the University of Ibadan during a photo session at the 2019 Alumni Lecture

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Bar. Allen Onyeama has been awarded the Most Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

The grand ceremony, which took place during the 2019 Alumni Lecture held at the University Campus recently, was organized by the management in recognition of Chief Onyema’s outstanding personality with a rare acumen for business and selfless service to humanity.

As the University is revered for its high standards, Chief Onyema’s award was in consonance to its ideals as being proud of the fact that he has manifested the very personality instilled in him at the university.

The prestigious “Most Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2019” award sends a strong message to all university students who aspire to become great in the society to imbibe the discipline of selflessness and humility in their endeavors.

With this award and many before it, coupled with his voluntary evacuation of the victims of xenophobia from South Africa recently, Onyema has earned public trust and painted an impeccable image for himself in the international community.

TW gathered that it was an emotional setting for Chief Onyema as residents of the Ransom Kuti Hall, where he lived as a student years ago, trooped out in their numbers to celebrate him, with several banners bearing glorious inscriptions cheering the Awardee.

One of the banners read “Ransom Kuti Hall Welcomes A Great Man, Barr Allen Onyema.”

An elated Chief Onyema thanked the University authority for honouring him, acknowledging that the University helped to prepare him for the task of succeeding in life.

He encouraged the current students to imbibe the ethics of diligence and probity in the quest for, first academic success and then succeeding in their chosen fields of endeavour.

He is of the view that if the students submit to the academic training and character molding for which the University of Ibadan is famous across the world, the sky would only be the starting point of their success.