In the spirit of the Easter celebrations, Arik Air has donated sundry items to Old People’s Homes, Orphanages and Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps across the country.

The donations, which was in line with the airline’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), included food items like rice, beans, noodles, spaghetti, beverages, detergents and bed sheets.

The beneficiaries of the items were Holy Family Home for the Elderly (Regina Mundi Catholic Church, Mushin Lagos); The Amazing Grace Foundation Old People’s Home, Kado, Abuja; Jesus Orphanage & Widow’s Home, Elelenwo, Port Harcourt; Hope Motherless Babies Home, Idofian, Kwara State; Malkohi IDP camp Yola; and Uhogua IDP camp, Benin City.

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Adebanji Ola, the Head of Corporate Communications of Arik Air, who led the airline’s team on the visits stated that the gesture was the carrier’s little way of showing love to the less privileged at a time when the world was celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ola noted that it has become a tradition for Arik Air to render assistance to the needy especially during festive periods while also calling on the government and other wellmeaning Nigerians to extend hands of fellowship to the less privileged in the society.

At the Amazing Grace Foundation Old People’s Home, the founder, Ifeyinwa Obegolu thanked Arik Air for sowing into the lives of the elderly people, widows and traumatized victims of family violence who live in the facility.

The children at the Jesus Orphanage Home, Port Harcourt were full of excitement and prayed ceaselessly for the well-being of both the staff and management of Arik Air.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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