It has always been a democratic ritual for presidents of the Nigerian state to confer national awards on eminent personalities for their contribution in nation building and their exploits in their respective industries, but with president Muhammdu Buhari has further proven no one is deserving of a national award 6 years into his presidency, and as far as he is concerned, "Everyone is a dirtbag".


Back in 2014, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan had everyone in a gleeful cheer when he conferred 38 Nigerian personalities with National honors everyone couldn't help but celebrate this milestone as it cuts across various tribes, and personalities across board, even ardent critiques of the ex president had to take a pause to celebrate nationhood, same goes for ex president Olusegun Obasanjo who in 2006 awarded a handful of Nigerians with national awards. But president Muhammdu Buhari has proven to everyone that no one is deserving of a national award, not even the late Abba Kyari who died on his line of duty even at his old age. It maybe that the president is unbothered about these things or he is too distracted navigating the treacherous waters of being a president. With all the ethno tribal tensions that surrounds us a people, we must look for ways to celebrate our small wins while we are on the path to Eldorado hoping for the best.


While we may have rested our expectations on what we expect from president on what he should do and how he should go about, one thing is clear is that we have accepted our fate with our chin up hoping for the best, we all have our stop watch on countdown hoping for the day his presidency would be over so can come off this self inflicted tribulation since 2015 and celebrate ourselves as a nation.

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It has always been a democratic ritual for presidents of the Nigerian state to confer national awards on eminent personalities for their contribution in nation building and their exploits in their respective industries, but with president Muhammdu Buhari has further proven no one is deserving of a national award 6 years into his presidency, and as far as he is concerned, "Everyone is a dirtbag".


Back in 2014, ex-president Goodluck Jonathan had everyone in a gleeful cheer when he conferred 38 Nigerian personalities with National honors everyone couldn't help but celebrate this milestone as it cuts across various tribes, and personalities across board, even ardent critiques of the ex president had to take a pause to celebrate nationhood, same goes for ex president Olusegun Obasanjo who in 2006 awarded a handful of Nigerians with national awards. But president Muhammdu Buhari has proven to everyone that no one is deserving of a national award, not even the late Abba Kyari who died on his line of duty even at his old age. It maybe that the president is unbothered about these things or he is too distracted navigating the treacherous waters of being a president. With all the ethno tribal tensions that surrounds us a people, we must look for ways to celebrate our small wins while we are on the path to Eldorado hoping for the best.


While we may have rested our expectations on what we expect from president on what he should do and how he should go about, one thing is clear is that we have accepted our fate with our chin up hoping for the best, we all have our stop watch on countdown hoping for the day his presidency would be over so can come off this self inflicted tribulation since 2015 and celebrate ourselves as a nation.

I don't think your president knows what national award means, he needs to be educated on that.

Because he doesn't understand how things work.