The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari was on Friday presented the Man of Integrity Award.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina who received the award on behalf of the number citizen of the nation stated during the occasion that, Muhammadu Buhari has come to make Nigeria “a country of our dreams”.
He also enjoined Nigerians to emulate the exemplary leadership style of the President by always placing the national interest first in all of their undertakings.
“Let’s put Nigeria first; President Muhammadu Buhari is somebody that doesn’t want anything from the country rather, he has come to give everything to the country.
“So, let all Nigerians emulate that; let’s put the country before everything.
“When we all do that, we’ll find out that the country of our dreams will come faster than we can imagine,’’ he said.
Some of the awardees who spoke to NAN thanked the organisers for the recognition accorded them, assuring to keep doing what they were doing that earned them the awards.
Dr Godwin Maduka, a philanthropist and Medical Director of the Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Centre, was awarded the“ Man of the Year’’.
Maduka, who dedicated the award to the memory of his late parents and Nigeria youth, called on all well-meaning Nigerians to join hands and pull resources together to build the country we desire.
“Of course, you can see that I’m so excited, but my excitement is for those children in the hinterland of Nigeria, those ones that are struggling, those ones selling on the streets trying to get money to go to school.
“This is the hope, those youths that have gone to school and are trying to come back and help their parents this is for you; I am talking about all the youths of Nigeria, I want you to have hope.
“If I can go from the little village where I grew up and end up being a triple professor, end up being a double doctorate holder and end up on Harvard campus and one of the pioneer businesses in medical sciences in the US, and to come home and do this; this is for you.
