Buhari To Confer National Honours On Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Omo-Agege, Okonjo-Iweala, 433 Others [FULL LIST)

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President Muhammadu Buhari will on October 11, 2022, at the State House in Abuja confer National Honour on 437 Nigerians.

Notable on the list are President of the Ninth Senate, Ahmad Lawan, his deputy, Ovie Omo-Agege, Speaker, House of Representative, Femi Gbajabiamila, Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Ishaq Oloyede and others.

President Buhari also listed his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari among the recipient of the National Honour.

Other recipients of the national honours awards include serving and former governors, serving and former presiding officers of the National Assembly, serving and former Chief Justices of Nigeria and serving and former members of the National Assembly.

Others are serving and former service chiefs, traditional rulers, retired public servants, lawyers, philanthropists, businessmen, ministers, foreigners and members of the academic community.

On the National Honours list seen by The New Diplomat, five persons were listed as the recipients of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), 54 for Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) and 67 for the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).

Others are 64 for Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), 101 for Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 75 for Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), 56 for Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) and eight for Federal Republic Medal (FRM).

While the late Abba Kyari would be honoured posthumously with the CFR, Mr Adesina and Mrs Okonjo-Iweala would be honoured with OON and GCON respectively.

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