Pepsi, official beverage
sponsors of the Africa Cup of Nations galvanised Nigerians to support the Super
Eagles with a campaign Our Nation Our Pride. Aside from communications across
all media, Pepsi organised an AFCON 5-A-Side football competition in several
Nigerian universities to shore up support for the Super Eagles and create fun
and excitement for the students who went home with fantastic prizes, including
cash rewards.
For coming to cheer their
teams drawn from different faculties, many students went home with different
Pepsi gift items, while the teams won medals, trophies and cash awards.
At Ijora, Lagos head office
of Seven-Up Bottling Company Plc, it was a festival of sought as the Chairman
of the company Mr. Faysal El-Khalil and Managing Director Sunil Sawhney led all
staff to sign different goodwill messages on a giant Pepsi greeting card for
the Stephen Keshi-tutored team. Some of the messages read: “We love you all,”
Go for goals Eagles,” “Bring the cup
home.”
An elated Sawhney said “we
are proud of the Super Eagles performance as they exemplified the ‘can do
spirit’ of the average Nigerian.”
No comments:
Post a Comment