By Our Correspondent
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the bestowment of national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) on the immediate past President of National Council of Women Society, NCWS, Dr Gloria Laraba Shoda, mni.
This award would be bestowed on her barely five months after her election as a Board Member of the International Council of Women, ICW, in France; where she was saddled with the responsibilities of being in charge of Africa. She is the first black African to be so elected.
The copy of the letter confirming the conferment of the MFR award on her was made available to Newsmen this Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
The letter issued with reference number FMSDIGA/NHA/001/T/93 and signed on 19th. September, 2022 by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, reads:
Dr Gloria Laraba Shoda,
Dear Former President, NCWS,
2022 NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD LETTER.
"I have the honour to formally inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on you, in the rank of MFR (Member of the Order of the Federal Republic)...
According to the letter, "The investiture ceremony is scheduled to take place at the International Conference Centre, (ICC) Abuja on Tuesday, 11th. October, 2022 at 9am.”
She stands out among the 75 Nigerians to be conferred with the MFR this October; and 437 nominees to receive the various categories of the national awards this year.
Of course, this year national awards are the last President Buhari would bestow on worthy Nigerians before the expiration of his tenure in May next year.
Chief (Mrs) Shoda, an outstanding women leader, not only in Nigeria, but entire Africa, is an alumnus of National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, where she bagged the prestigious Member of National Institute,mni.
When the ICW created the African Regional Council of Women (ARCW) in 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mrs Shoda was selected to administer the new body alongside others from South Africa and Morocco. With the headquarters of ARCW, in Abuja, Nigeria she thus became its maiden President.
Erelu Shoda, a woman of many parts and achiever per excellence, is the President and Chairman of Council of the Institute of Certified Strategic Customer Service and Trade Management, Nigeria.
Before earning a doctoral degree in Peace and Conflict Management at the Theological Seminary College, Ibadan, (2012-2014) she had bagged Master’s degree in Education, M.Ed (PhD Grade) in Community Development in 2005 from the University of Ibadan.
She had earlier studied and bagged Bachelor of Education Degree (B.Ed.) at the University of Benin (Uniben) in 1989, where she graduated with Second Class Upper.
This woman of substance, who was honoured as Successful People Woman of Virtues few months ago, was schooled at the Ogun State College of Education (now the Tai Solarin University of Education), where she obtained her National Certificate of Education (NCE) nearly four decades ago.
Her latest personality profile would be published on the day of her conferment with the award.
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