Buhari to confer national honours on Abba Kyari, Burna Boy, Okonjo-Iweala, others [FULL LIST)

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Buhari to confer national honours on Abba Kyari, Burna Boy, Okonjo-Iweala, others [FULL LIST)

President Buhari has listed his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari among the 437 nominees for the 2022 National Honours Award.

Also on the list is presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The investiture is billed to hold on 11 October at the State House in Abuja.

On the list sighted by PREMIUM TIMES, out of the 437 nominees, five persons were listed for 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 honored with OON and GCON respectively.

Other recipients 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 and members of the academia.

GCON

Apart from Mrs Okonjo-Iweala, the other recipients of the GCON are the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, his predecessor; Tanko Muhammad and UN Deputy Secretary General; Amina Mohammed.

CFR

Prominent on the list of recipients for CFR include 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.

Others are Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, his predecessor, Mohammed Adamu, Emir of Lafia, Sidi Bage, and Tor Tiv, James Ayatse, amongst others.

OFR

Nominees in this category include Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, Nasiru Bayero and Muiz Banire.

Others are Ishaq Bello, Aliyu El-Nafaty and Kehinde Aina, amongst others.

OON

Some nominees in this category include National Assembly members such as Alhassan Doguwa, Muktar Betara, Ndudi Elumelu and Nkiruka Onyejeocha.

Others are a former Permanent Secretary, Sunday Echono, NBA President Yakubu Maikyau, Sarki Abba and Sabiu (Tunde) Yusuf, amongst others.

MFR

In this category are Sanusi Lemu, late DIGJoseph Egunike (posthumous), Haliru Nababa and Burna Boy.

Others are Simon Shango, Billy Okoye, Akwa Okon and Emeka Agbanari, amongst others.

 

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MON

Notable in this category are 2Face Idibia, Shehu Othman, Teni the entertainer and Abubakar Maikano.

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LIST OF NOMINEES FOR NATIONAL HONOUR AWARD – 2022
A: GRAND COMMANDER OF THE NIGER (GCON)
S/NO	Name	Status	State	Honour
1	Sen. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan	President of the Senate	Yobe	GCON
2	Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola	CJN	Oyo	GCON
3	Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad	CJN (Rtd)	Bauchi	GCON
4	Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala	DG WTO	Abia	GCON
5	Ms. Amina J. Mohammed	UN, Deputy Secretary General	Gombe	GCON
B: COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (CFR)
1	Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila	Speaker HOR	Lagos	CFR

LIST OF NOMINEES FOR NATIONAL HONOUR AWARD – 2022
12	Lt. Gen. Lamidi O. Adeosun (Rtd)	Rtd Military Officer	Osun	CFR
13	Gen. Lucky E.O. Irabor	CDS	Delta	CFR
14	Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya	COAS	Kano	CFR
15	Air Marshal Oladayo Amao	CAS	Osun	CFR
16	Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo	CNS	Kano	CFR
17	Gen. Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin	Former CDS	Ekiti	CFR
18	Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai	Former COAS	Borno	CFR
19	Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas	Former CNS	Cross River	CFR
20	Air Mashal Sadique Abubakar	Former CAS	Bauchi	CFR
21	Mohammed Abubakar Adamu	Former IGP	Nasarawa	CFR

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LIST OF NOMINEES FOR NATIONAL HONOUR AWARD – 2022
22	Mr. Usman Alkali Baba	IGP	Yobe	CFR
23	Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd)	NSA	Borno	CFR
24	Alh. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar	DG – NIA	Katsina	CFR
25	Yusuf Magaji Bichi, fwc	DG – DSS	Kano	CFR
26	HM Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II	Ooni of Ife	Osun	CFR
27	HM Omo N’Oba E’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II	Oba of Benin	Edo	CFR
28	His Highness, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero	Emir of Kano	Kano	CFR
29	HRH Ahmed Nuhu Bamali	Emir of Zazzau	Kaduna	CFR
30	HRH Prof. James Ortese Ayatse	Tor Tiv V	Benue	CFR
31	HRH Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III	Emir of Gombe	Gombe	CFR

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