FG To Confer National Honours On Airport cleaner, Bank Security Guard Who Returned $22,200 Found To Owners, Others

President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Tuesday, reward some Nigerians who have shown that a good name is better than gold.

These Nigerians are a security guard, Mallam Musa Usman, from Jigawa State; a cleaner, Ms. Josephine Agu, from Imo State, and a bank security guard, Ogbanago Muhammed Ibrahim. They are on the list of 437 nominees for the 2022 National Honours Awards. They will be awarded Federal Republic Medal (FRM) II.

According to reports, Agu works as a cleaner at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja and she’s being rewarded for her unalloyed honesty and integrity in returning $12,200 she found in a toilet at the airport, ditto Ibrahim who found and returned $10,000.

Also on the list are Dr. Samuel Ankeli, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disabilities Matters, Mon, and three physically challenged persons – Barr. Danlam1 Umaru Basharu, Hajia Rabi Y. Gezawa, and Chief Samuel Okubanjo, who will be honoured with Member of the Order of the Niger, MON.

Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria every year. They were instituted by the National Honors Act No. 5 of 1964, during the First Republic, to honour Nigerians who have rendered service to the benefit of the nation.

The list of all the nominees includes politicians, public officers, security officers, businessmen, traditional rulers, religious leaders, foreigners and some Nigerians who are now late.

The awards will be presented to the nominees by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday11, at an event scheduled to hold at the State House, Abuja.

According to the list sighted by Theliberationnews, five persons — Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola; former CJN, Tanko Muhammad; Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; and the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, are nominated for Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON.

Fuji Maestro, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal will also be honoured with Member of the Order of Niger (MON honour among others.