President Muhammadu Buhari has named 437 nominees, including his late chief of staff Abba Kyari, for the 2022 national honours award.
The investiture is billed to hold on October 11 at the State House in Abuja.
Five persons, according to a list obtained by Premium Times, will be presented the honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), 54 will get Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) awards while 67 will receive the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) awards.
Others are 64 for Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR), 101 for Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), 75 for Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR), 56 for Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) and eight for Federal Republic Medal (FRM).
On the list is presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, and the director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The late Kyari will be honoured posthumously with the CFR, Mr Adesina and Mrs Okonjo-Iweala would be honored with OON and GCON respectively while Burna Boy will get MFR.
Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, CEO of the NNPCL, Mele Kyari, Nasiru Bayero and Muiz Banire will all get OFR.
2Face Idibia, Shehu Othman, Teni the entertainer and Abubakar Maikano will get MON.
Other recipients include serving and former governors, serving and former presiding officers of the National Assembly, serving and former Chief Justices of Nigeria and serving and former members of the National Assembly.
Others are serving and former service chiefs, traditional rulers, retired public servants, lawyers, philanthropists, businessmen, ministers and members of the academia.
