The Federal Government is set to award some Nigerian entertainment personalities with National Honours for their significant contributions to the country.
Naija News understands that President Muhammadu Buhari would confer the awards to the business mogul at an award ceremony scheduled to hold in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, made this known in a statement released over the weekend.
Some of the prominent singers and entertainment personalities who would receive national honours include David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido; Tiwatope Savage, also known as Tiwa Savage, Richard Ayodeji Makun, popularly known as AY Makun; Kunle Afolayan; and Bayo Omoboriowo.
While Davido, Tiwas Savage, and Afolayan will be awarded the Officer of the Order of The Niger (OON), Makun and Omoboriowo will be conferred with Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).
