President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday commended the Chairman of Arik Air, Johnson Arumemi-Ikhide and his company for air lifting the country’s victorious football team, Super Eagles from South Africa.
President Jonathan who is still relishing the country’s success at the just concluded African Cup of Nations in South Africa where the Super Eagles emerged as Champion, in a letter to the chairman of the airline said, “your very kind gesture of providing the aircraft that brought our gallant and victorious team and officials back home from South Africa was an act of high patriotism worthy of note.”
He expressed confidence that Arumemi-Ikhide “will continue to avail the nation of your worthy endowments in the future.”
The President challenged “others to emulate your demonstration of enduring faith in Nigeria.”
