The CFR award will be an additional feather in the cap of the ranking Lawmaker who is also a recipient of many awards at home and abroad.
By Adesuwa Tsan
365Daily – Three years after spearheading unprecedented reforms in the 8th Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved conferment of the prestigious national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara.
This was contained in a letter addressed to Hon. Dogara by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume.
CFR is the third highest national honour in Nigeria after GCON and GCFR, which are conferred only on Presidents and former Presidents.
The ex-Speaker was credited for introducing legislative reforms in the 8th Assembly which saw to the passage of unprecedented number of Bills and establishment of key agencies such as the North East Development Commission, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Not Too young To Run Bill, among others.
He was nominated alongside 437 others for the 2022 National Honours Award.
The letter dated September 16, 2022, with reference number Ref: FMSDIGA/NHA/001k/T/90, stated: “I have the honour to formally inform you that the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammad Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the national honours on you, in the rank of CFR, (Commander of the Federal Republic).”
It also disclosed that the honours investiture would hold on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.
The CFR award will be an additional feather in the cap of the ranking Lawmaker who is also a recipient of many awards at home and abroad.
Of the 437 nominees, five people 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).m