Chairman of Air Peace Airline, Allen Onyema, has honored Nigerian sports heroes of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada and the Golden Eagles of the 1980 African Cup of Nations for their sacrifices to the country.

In a ceremony held during the weekend at Eko Hotel, Lagos, Onyema decorated them as Air Peace Sports Diplomacy Ambassadors with free domestic tickets for life and one free international ticket yearly as well as N1.5 million each in cash rewards

The award ceremony was preceded by the unveiling of the Sports Diplomacy Wall of Fame with the names of the athletes boldly inscribed in gold at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Wall of Fame, also donated by Air Peace airline.
This gesture comes 47 years after Nigeria boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games in protest against the Apartheid regime in South Africa.

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