The federal government last night rolled out the programme for the conferment of national honours on the late Chief Moshood Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, his running mate Ambassador Baba Gana Kinbige and the late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi.
The event is scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja less than a week after government announced the declaration of June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day in remembrance of the election adjudged as the fairest ever in Nigeria’s history and its intention to confer honours of the three men.
Abiola will be honoured with the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), while Fawehinmi and Kingibe will receive the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON). Read more