Breaking: Tinubu to Honour 959 Nigerians, Reason Emerges
President Bola Tinubu has approved national honours for 959 Nigerians and stamped the reforms designed to strengthen the Nigeria police Force's funding framework.
The resolution was reached at the marathon meetings of the National Council of State and the Police Council, which the president presided over at the presidential villa in Abuja on Thursday, October 9.
Source: Twitter
Emanso Umobong, the permanent secretary of the cabinet affairs office, disclosed this while addressing state house correspondents after the meetings. He said Tinubu approved the report of the National Honours Award Committee for 2024 and 2025. This also included special awards that the president bestowed from January 2025 to the present.
Umobong explained that the honours committee was reconstituted in August 2021 and led by Justice Sidi Bage. He added that 5000 applications were screened before the recommendation of 824 recipients for the 2024/2025 National Honours. Also, there were 135 special awardees, which made it a total of 959 honourees.
She further explained that the decorations and honours of dignitaries have been an annual event where the president honours Nigerians and non-Nigerians who deserve to be honoured. They are individuals who have distinguished themselves in the service to the country and the nation at large.
According to her, President Tinubu, in the spirit of national recognition that was inclusive, had honoured several dignitaries, who are distinguished Nigerians and friends of the country in the past, such as Bill Gates, for his contributions to public health, Uncle Sam Pemu for journalism, as well as the Super Falcons and D'Tigress for their excellence in sport.
The report has been shared by Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna state, who was one of the members of the Council of State and attended the meeting on Thursday. The governor's tweet has started generating reactions from Nigerians.
Below are some of their reactions:
Muhammad Yunusa commented:
"Best governor, you are doing well, sir. May God continue blessing and protecting u sir."
Ismaeel Kasim wrote:
"A Phenomenal Governor. Full of humanity and conscience for good governance with a tune of justice and equity."
Labashi said:
"What a strategic and meaningful deliberation from our leaders."
Nazifi Haruna Dandaura tweeted:
"God bless the workerholic governor, Dr Uba Sani, the people-oriented governor, the architect of modern Kaduna. A Rural transformer, Sau Biyune in Sha Allah."
See the governor's tweet here:
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