By steve anyebe.
Immediate past President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), and current Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo (FUHSO), Prof Innocent Achanya Otobo Ujah, mni, has been conferred with the prestigious National Honour of *OON*(Officer of the Order of the Niger.
An official letter from the Office of the Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, personally signed by Senator George Akume, affirmed that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, had approved the conferment of the National Honour on Prof Ujah and gave the date for his investiture as Tuesday 11th October, 2022.
The Ministerial letter which was dispatched from the Office of the Minister on 19th September, 2022, further indicated that the investiture ceremony is scheduled to hold at the International Conference Center, Central Business District, Abuja, beginning from 9 o’clock in the morning. It required all recipients of the 2022 National Honours to be identified at the premises of Reiz Continental Hotel in the Central Business District, Abuja on the afternoon of Monday 10th October 2022.
The National Honours Awards is a Federal Government Scheme in which deserving Nigerians are selected annually through the recommendations of a Committee, and recognized by Mr President for outstanding contributions in all sectors.
Dated Saturday 24/09/2022.