No winner emerges for 2022 Nigerian National Merit award- Chairman
By Shiktra Shalangwa, Abuja
No winner has met the requirements for the 2022 Nigerian National Merit Award, NNMA, out of the thirty-two nominations received from citizens across the country.
The Chairman of NNMA governing board, Professor Shekarau Aku, stated this while briefing Journalists at a press conference, held at the Merit house complex, Maitama, Abuja.
Professor Aku said this is the second year that no winner has emerged under his leadership, adding that the last time where no winner emerged was in 2019.
“This year, a total of 32 nominations/applications for the Nigerian National Order of Merit, NNOM. The nominations went through the rigorous process of assessment exercise; none was adjourned to have merited the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award for this year 2022.”
The Chairman NNMA also disclosed that NNMA is hosting the Annual Forum of Laureates of the NNOM to deliberate on salient issues of national interest on the 6th-7th of December 2022.
The forum is expected to be declared open by the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari with the theme: ‘Building Nigeria through National Integration’, while the governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Zulum will be the keynote speaker.
The Nigerian National Merit Award annually advertises for nominations of candidates for the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award in four fields of Engineering/Technology, Medicine, Humanities including Arts and Culture, and Sciences.
The nominations go to specialized committees before recommendations are considered by a committee of chairmen and then the governing board and Mr. president for his approval.
