Award
By Benprince Ezeh
THE Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has congratulated Benedict Peters, founder of AITEO Group, on his award as African Icon of the Year at the recent Foreign Investment Network, FIN and Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources Honorary Patrons Dinner and Awards Night.
Peters is the Founder and President of AITEO Group, Nigeria’s leading energy Solution Company and the Official Optimum Sponsor of the NFF. The company also sponsors the annual Federation Cup competition, and picks the bills for the NFF-AITEO Football Awards, another annual event.
The energy company also bankrolls the Confederations of African Football, CAF Awards, yet another annual event for which it recently penned a four year agreement with the CAF.
Amaju Melvin Pinnick, NFF President, said on Wednesday: “On behalf of the NFF and the entire Nigerian football fraternity, I would like to congratulate Peters on yet another award. This is another gorgeous feather to his shining cap. It is also the latest in a long and growing list of accolades for an outstanding gentleman, an international business mogul with a difference and a proud son of Nigeria and Africa.
“This award is not a surprise to me as a person, and certainly not a surprise to any member of the NFF Board. It simply underscores the quality and character of the leading figure of a major partner of the NFF.
“Peters has always been committed to making everyone and everything around him better and we are proud to have him as a partner in progress with Nigerian and African Football,” said Pinnick, who is also 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football.
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– Jan. 31, 2019 @ 14:19 GMT |
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