President Muhammadu Buhari, who conferred the honour on Dr Adenuga and other recipients at a ceremony in Abuja, said the Globacom chairman had over the years distinguished himself as a major employer of labour and driver of productivity in the country.
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The governor in a message by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba on Thursday, lauded Atiku for his remarkable commitment to the unity and progress of the nation through his outstanding economic and political activities.
This is coming just as the family stated that the refusal of the two tiers of government is a disservice to the nationalistic efforts of the late politician whom it described as one of Nigeria’s founding fathers.
Our nation is about to rewrite its own history; and it has pleased the Almighty God to append the signature of our Peoples Democratic Party as the author of the new pathway for the country with the choice we make about our Presidential candidate in the next few hours.
The first son of the late lawyer, Mohammed Fawehinmi expressed the family’s gratitude in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
With President Muhammadu Buhari declaring June 12 as Democracy day to honour MKO Abiola though a welcome idea is a new twist in Nigeria history signifying that the President acknowledges the importance of what happened on June 12 1993.
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday surprised the nation when he named the designer of the Nigerian flag, Michael Akinwumi, a Special Assistant for life.