The Government College of Ughelli (GCU) Class of Friends has honoured the chairman of Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema with the Man of the Year Award 2022.
The ceremony held on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the Federal Palace Hotel, VI, had in attendance several alumni who have made a mark in various fields of endeavour including Mr. the CEO of Arise News and publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, who bagged the Mariner of the Century Award.
Onyema was honoured for his landmark strides in aviation and his humanitarian interventions, especially his corporate philanthropy through his airline.
While receiving the award, Onyema expressed gratitude to the leadership of the GCU.
He said he was proud to be an alumnus of the college, which, according to him has had tremendous influence on him.
He called on the private sector and well meaning Nigerians to support Nigeria’s education as government alone cannot do it all.
Onyema promised to continually support the infrastructural development of the GCU.
Also speaking, the chairman of the board of trustees, GCU Class of Friends, Mr Cyril Ogude, said both Onyema and Obaigbena have established themselves as high achievers, and by honouring them, the GCU is acknowledging them as entrepreneurial role models.
The GCU Man of the Year Awards celebrates high achievers of the GCU alumni. The Class of Friends is a collective of GCU old boys, one Nigeria’s premier secondary schools founded in 1945.
