Announcing the coveted award in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Award and Privileges Committee, Patriot Wilson Attah, on behalf of the Board of Civil Society Coalition in Nigeria, the group noted that Onu is the first serving official of government in the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to receive this award.
In a notification letter to the Minister on the meritorious award, the Civil Society Coalition in Nigeria noted that he bagged the award
based on his "prudence, accountability, transparency, and patriotism displayed while discharging his duty as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the year under review."
The statement read in part, "it may interest you to note that, Civil Society Organizations mostly criticized government and it's activities and in rare occasion, appraise its performance which today makes you the first recipient of Civil Society Coalition Award as a serving cabinet member of the Buhari's administration. That makes this award very symbolic."
The coalition is made up of civil society organisations drawn from across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The award is scheduled for presentation before the end of this month.
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