President Bazoum honours Gov. Buni with Niger’s national award
Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum, has decorated the Governor of Yobe State, Honourable Mai Mala Buni, with the country’s National Honour Award.
This was contained in a statement by Buni’s Director-General of Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on Sunday.
He said the governor was decorated with the ‘Commandeur dans l’ordre du merite du Niger’ in Niamey, the capital of Niger Republic on Sunday.
Bazoum said the honour was in recognition of Buni’s contribution to the bilateral, economic and social relationship between Nigeria and the Niger Republic.
He added that the award had placed the governor in a position of an ambassador who would strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
In his remarks, Buni expressed happiness for the award, saying that it would spur him to do more in the interest of the two neighbouring countries.
“Yobe shares international borders with the Niger Republic, therefore, we will strengthen peace, peaceful coexistence, and economic prosperity among the border communities of the two countries,” he said.
Governor Buni was accompanied by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, members of the State Executive Council, and members of the national and state legislature, among others.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buni also received Nigeria’s National Honour of Commander of the order of the Niger (CON) in October.
NAN
