The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday said the conferment of national honours on him and his fellow awardees was an additional call to
Lawan who was conferred with the national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger spoke on behalf of the other 446 awardees at the event.
‘We are therefore inspired, motivated and admonished to keep up our inputs, as stakeholders in the building of a virile nation. “The task of building a nation is obviously a continuous and collective effort. It is continuous because it is a never-ending process that needs increasing energy irrespective of the level of development that has been attained.
“The recognition should however be thorough and laborious in what would reflect due service to the fatherland, as an encouragement to more work and as a motivation for others. “Be rest assured that we shall remain unwavering in our support for your efforts at transforming our dear fatherland, for the good of present and future generations.
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