By Nefishetu Yakubu
National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has honoured 4 distinguished Nigerians with the Fellowship Award for his or her varied contributions to the event of democracy and nationwide growth.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that the awardees included Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, Rt. Hon. Patricia Etteh, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Faraday Orumwense, and late Prof. Nuhu Yaqub.
The conferment of the awards passed off through the tenth NILDS-UNIBEN Postgraduate Programmes Convocation Ceremony held on the NILDS headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
The Director-General of NILDS, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, mentioned the awards had been a part of the institute’s efforts to recognise people whose contributions had helped strengthen democratic ideas and practices in Nigeria.
Sulaiman mentioned the Fellowship Award initiative was launched by his predecessor, including that he thought-about it a worthwhile custom deserving of continuity and consolidation.
He defined that the awardees had been chosen in recognition of their influence on nationwide growth, significantly their contributions to selling democratic governance and its underlying ideas.
The NILDS director-general acknowledged the help of previous and current members of the institute’s Governing Council, saying that their contributions had been instrumental to the institute’s achievements.
He significantly appreciated the management and members of the National Assembly for supporting the institute’s educational programmes and broader institutional mandate.
Sulaiman mentioned NILDS remained dedicated to consolidating and disseminating information on legislative follow, democratic governance and associated ideas, with the help of its governing authorities and institutional companions.
He expressed appreciation to the institute’s stakeholders for his or her contributions to its growth, noting that their help had helped advance its mission of selling good governance and strengthening democratic establishments.
Also talking, the vice-chancellor of UNIBEN, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, described the conferment of the NILDS Fellowship Award on former UNIBEN vice-chancellor, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, as properly deserved.
Omoregie congratulated Orumwense on the popularity and counseled his contributions to strengthening collaboration between the 2 establishments.
He mentioned Orumwense performed a big position in sustaining the partnership between UNIBEN and NILDS, which started through the tenure of one other former UNIBEN vice-chancellor, Prof. Osayuki Oshodi of blessed reminiscence.
The UNIBEN vice-chancellor mentioned the collaboration had grown stronger through the years and mirrored each establishments’ dedication to educational excellence, high quality postgraduate training and the adoption of world finest practices.
Omoregie additionally counseled NILDS for the Fellowship Award initiative and expressed confidence within the continued progress of the partnership between the 2 establishments.
In her remarks on behalf of the fellowship award recipients, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, described Nigeria’s safety challenges as political, calling on the federal government to deal with them by means of political options.
Etteh mentioned the federal government had the capability to deal with insecurity if it demonstrated the willpower to take action, urging Nigerians to help efforts to revive peace and safety throughout the nation.
She mentioned tackling insecurity shouldn’t be left to the police alone, stressing that each one safety businesses had a accountability to revive public confidence and guarantee Nigerians may sleep peacefully with out worry.
Etteh counseled NILDS for its educational programmes and growth and expressed curiosity in enrolling for a grasp’s diploma in Election and Political Party Politics to boost her information and involvement in politics.
She congratulated the graduands and pledged her continued help for the institute’s growth.
(NAN)
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Edited by Kevin Okunzuwa
