A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, has criticized the national honours recently given out to some persons by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari, on Tuesday, October 11, conferred national honours on 447 Nigerians.
The recipients were awarded the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) and Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).
Galadima, while speaking on the relevance of the awards on Friday, October 14, queried the recognition of some of the awardees, according to The Cable.
Galadima noted that out of the 470 honourees, no fewer than 440 among them should be in prisons across the country, adding that the awards “should be given to people with unblemished careers.”
Galadima stated that, “Among the 447 people that were given these national awards, about 440 should be in prison right now rather than parading themselves as people who deserved an honour.
“Of what purpose is the honour? What is honour to some of these people?
“It is a reward for the boys and President Muhammadu Buhari, in time time past, accused Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, late president Musa Yar’Ádua and former president Goodluck Jonathan of giving awards, medals and national honours to people of doubtful characters.
“The list didn’t contain people with impeccable characters. I believe national honours should be conferred on people who have not been followed by either ICPC or EFCC,” he added.
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