Geo Travel and Tours has partnered with The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the official travel agency to support the Super Eagles for the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Amaju Pinnick, the NFF President, made the disclosure recently in Lagos.
Pinnick who was represented at the event by Alhaji Shehu Dikko, 2nd Vice President, NFF, reiterated that the company would take care of accommodation, flights and other logistics for the national team.
“We are honoured to have the company on board as our partner. The company will not only take care of the Super Eagles, but also officials of the team,” he added.
Pinnick said the travel agency would adopt a flexible payment plan for Nigerians hoping to book now and pay on a later date.
The NFF president noted that the partnership was the first of its kind and was geared toward making travelling to the World Cup as easy as a “phone call’’.
According to him, the partnership was to connect football-loving Nigerians to the Super Eagles when they face their counterparts in Russia.
“It is important to make the Super Eagles feel the presence of home support by turning up massively in Russia,’’ Pinnick, who was represented by Shehu Dikko, NFF 2nd Vice-President, said.
According to him, the NFF and the travel agency will collaborate with the local football-loving community to give their full support to the Nigerian football national team.
Geo travel and tours in its commitment to redefining travel and tourism and reintroducing Nigeria to the world will present package that all football loving Nigerians and supporters can choose from to make it to the world cup with packages starting from as low as N500,000.
Damilola Osikoya, the Head of Business, Geo Travel and Tours, said the partnership with the NFF was part of its commitment to redefine travel and tourism in Nigeria.
Osikoya explained that Nigerians would have the option of choosing from its number of customised packages that would give them the flexibility of choosing to see the first, second and third game only.
“Nigerians could also choose the combination of the first and second group games, first and third games, second and third, or all the three games,” she added.
Geo travel and tours in partnership with Crenov8 (a leading Management and Digital Consulting Firm) will also be hosting two major events in 2018-The Geo Celebrity Crush Eater Dubai Tour in the first quarter; a celebrity tour promoting African top culture in Dubai for fans as well as the general public.
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