Our national honours award, additional call to duty – Senate President, Lawan

By Adeleye Kunle

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 service.

Lawan who was conferred with the national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger(GCON) spoke on behalf of the other 446 awardees at the event.

President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the investiture ceremony held at the International Conference Center, Abuja.

The Senate President said, “this award is an additional call to service. It is a call to duty and an invitation to realise that citizens’ efforts will not be in vain.

‘We are therefore inspired, motivated and admonished to keep up our inputs, as stakeholders in the building of a virile nation.

“This is why I call on awardees to be steadfast, considering the responsibility that comes with the honours.

“This obligation is one of leadership, more work and the provision of inspiration to others,” Lawan said.

Lawan thanked President Buhari for the honour done to them through the awards.

He said “the careful and painstaking selection is another evidence of Mr. President’s readiness to recognise excellence and service to nation-building, in line with his zeal to inspire citizens and to encourage as many others as possible for the future