The Sun Award: Even my great grandchildren will cherish this – IBB

Former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, says the Life­time Achievement award bestowed on him by The Sun Publishing Limited, is one that not only him and his children will appreciate, but one that even his grand and great grandchildren will forever cherish.

Babangida, in an emotion-laden re­sponse to the letter intimating him with the award, presented by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of The Sun Publishing Ltd., Mr. Femi Adesina, described the honour as unsolicited.

“This award, coming from a reputable media outfit like The Sun, will surely excite any recipient. I have looked through the list and discovered that many of them on that list are people I have known for a long time; some of them are my friends and many are peo­ple I am proud to be associated with,” the former military president said.

He assured the duo of Adesina and Mr. Steve Nwosu, Executive Direc­tor, Corporate Services, who came to present the letter, that he would be in Lagos to personally receive the award on January 17 next year.

Adesina, while presenting the letter, recalled quite a number of policies and programmes carried out by Babangida during his eight-year leadership.

These, he said, touched the lives of Nigerians in diverse ways, pointing out that the former leader eminently deserved the award.