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Hilda Baci, Reuben Abati and many prominent personalities are to be honoured, as the date of the first batch of Finalists for the 25th Annual Gathering of Africa’s Best (GAB) Awards has been announced.

Two hundred nominations were received.
Following a judging process, 30 Finalists have scaled to the second stage of the Awards process.

It is thus an ethnic balancing mechanism. The assumption is that if the public service is truly representative, this will promote a sense of national loyalty and inclusion. Sections 14 (3-4) and Third Schedule, Part 1(c) of the Constitution spell out the principle in clear terms and in 1996, a Federal Character Commission was established to ensure compliance

Abati added in the statement: “With Cardinal Bergoglio’s glowing antecedents as a great scholar, teacher, Catholic philosopher and very humane leader of the Church, President Jonathan welcomes his election as successor to Pope Benedict XVI as a divinely inspired choice by the College of Cardinals and an unequivocal testimony of God’s abiding presence in His Church and the world