Ooni of Ife, Oba of Benin, and 18 Monarchs To Be Conferred National Honours by President Buhari

Ooni of Ife, Oba of Benin, and 18 Monarchs To Be Conferred National Honours by President Buhari

  • President Muhammadu Buhari will be conferring over 400 personalities with the national honours for 2022
  • The list consists of notable public office officials, traditional rulers, senior advocates and a host of others
  • However, 20 monarchs made the final list with the Ooni of Ife, and the Emir of Kano leading the pack

This year's recipients for the national honours award of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have finally been released.

Legit.ng reports that the list consists of 437 recipients from different works of life with the likes of politicians, industrialists, public service holders, legal practitioners, traditional rulers and entertainers.

Traditional Rulers, Ooni of Ife, Emir of Kano, National Honours
This year's national honours feature 20 traditional rulers across the federation. Photo: Ooni of Ife, Emir of Kano, Olu of Warri, Oba of Benin
Source: UGC

This year's award featured five GCON, 54 CFR, 67 CON, 64 OFR, 101 OON, 75 MFR, 56 MON and 8 FRM to complete the 437 recipients for the 2022 honours.

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President Buhari will be presenting each recipient with their medal of honour at the State House on Tuesday, October 11.

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In this short piece, we will be spotlighting some of the traditional monarchs that made this year's list with twenty of them up for the honour of the COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (CFR).

Below is the full list of monarchs enlisted in the 2022 national honours award.

COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (CFR)

S/N

NAME

STATUS

STATE

HONOUR

1

HIM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II

Ooni of Ife

Osun

CFR

2

HM Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II

Oba of Benin

Edo

CFR

3

His Highness, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero

Emir of Kano

Kano

CFR

4

HRH Ahmed Nuhu Bamali

Emir of Zazzau

Kaduna

CFR

5

HRM Prof James Ortese Ayatse

Tor Tiv V

Benue

CFR

6

HRH Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III

Emir of Gombe

Gombe

CFR

7

HRH Alh. Muhammadu ibn Abali Muhammad Idrissa

Emir of Fika

Yobe

CFR

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8

Da. Jacob Gyang Buba

Gbong Gwom Jos

Plateau

CFR

9

HRH Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad I (JSC Rtd)

Emir of Lafia

Nasarawa

CFR

10

HM King Dandeson Douglas JAJA

King Jaja of Opobo

Rivers

CFR

11

HRM Oba Gabriel Adejuwon

Onisan of Isan Ekiti

CFR

12

HIM Oba (Dr) Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II

Deji of Akure

Ondo

CFR

13

HRH Oba Babatunde Adewale Ajayi

Akarigbo of Remo

Ogun

CFR

14

His Eminence, Ntenyin (Dr) Solomon Daniel Etuk, JP

Oku Ibom Ibibio

Akwa Ibom

CFR

15

HRM Igwe Amb. Lawrence Agubuzu

Igwe of Eziama

Enugu

CFR

16

HRM King Alfred Diete-Spiff

Chairman, Bayelsa Council of Chiefs

Bayelsa

CFR

17

HRM Ogiame Atuwatse III

Olu of Warri

Delta

CFR

18

HRM Eze (Dr) E. C. Okeke

Chairman Imo Council

Imo

CFR

19

HRM Eze Joseph Ndubuisi Nwabeke

Chairman Abia Council

Abia

CFR

20

HRM Eze Charles N. Nkpuma

Chairman, Ebonyi

Ebonyi

CFR

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Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
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Segun Adeyemi (Current Affairs and Politics Editor) Segun Adeyemi is a journalist with over 9 years of experience as an active field reporter, editor, and editorial manager. He has had stints with Daily Trust newspaper, Daily Nigerian, and News Digest. He currently works as an editor for Legit.ng's current affairs and politics desk. He holds a degree in Mass Communication (Adekunle Ajasin University). He is a certified digital reporter by Reuters, AFP and the co-convener of the annual campus journalism awards. Email: segun.adeyemi@corp.legit.ng.