{"id":99873,"date":"2022-10-02T18:11:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99873"},"modified":"2022-10-02T18:11:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T17:11:22","slug":"buhari-to-honour-abba-kyari-okonjo-iweala-femi-adesina-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/buhari-to-honour-abba-kyari-okonjo-iweala-femi-adesina-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari to honour Abba Kyari, Okonjo-Iweala, Femi Adesina others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1745594153156428752\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Muhammadu Buhari is set to confer the 2022 National Honours Award on his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and 436 others.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala also made the list, alongside the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that conferment is slated to hold on October 11 at the State House in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>On the list, five persons were listed for the award of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger, 54 listed for Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic while 67 for the Commander of the Order of the Niger.<\/p>\n<p>Others include 64 for Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, 101 for Officer of the Order of the Niger, 75 for Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, 56 for Member of the Order of the Niger, and eight for Federal Republic Medal.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina and the WTO boss, Okonjo-Iweala, would be honoured with the OON and the GCON respectively, with Kyari getting posthumous honour.<\/p>\n<p>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 are also included in the list, with serving and former service chiefs, traditional rulers, retired public servants, lawyers, philanthropists, businessmen, ministers and members of the academia not excluded.<\/p>\n<p>Other recipients of the GCON are the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, his predecessor; Tanko Muhammad, and the United Nations Deputy Secretary General; Amina Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent on the list of recipients for the CFR included the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor; former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, and Appeal Court president, Monica Mensem, and former Army Chief, Tukur Buratai.<\/p>\n<p>Others are the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, his predecessor, Mohammed Adamu, Emir of Lafia, Sidi Bage, and Tor Tiv, James Ayatse, amongst others.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari is set to confer the 2022 National Honours Award on his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and 436 others. 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