The Ogun State government on Tuesday, said some citizens of the Benin Republic residing in the state have resolved to confer an award on the state governor, Dapo Abiodun.
The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, in a statement on Tuesday, said the governor would be made Pere Peucommun, otherwise known as Father Uncommon.
Somorin said the award is the highest award that could be bestowed on anyone with a significant contribution to the group.
The CPS added that the president of the group, Mr. Romain Kakpo, in a statement, on Sunday, said Beninese residents in the state “decided to confer the honour on the governor as a result of his administration’s immeasurable and significant contributions to the well-being, security and support for their people in the state.”
He continued, “Our decision to honour His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, the Governor of Ogun State as PÈRE PEUCOMMUN (Father Uncommon), the highest award that can be conferred on anyone by our union in Ogun State is a result of the fatherly roles he has been playing to we, Beninese residents in the state.
“We know Nigerians and Beninese (Egun) have fraternal and cultural relationship, we are not strangers in Nigeria because we are connected by blood, even though we are now geographically interspersed, all the same, we enormously appreciate the laudable efforts of his administration in making our stay in the state quite comfortable, in terms of security, provision farmland for our farming activities and allied support.
“We are also conferring the award on His Excellency for the immeasurable benefits we derive from his security architecture as we go about our responsibilities without any fear of molestation, abuse or maltreatment and his people-oriented style of governance which stands the state out as a model for many other states in the country.”.
Somorin noted that Kakpo said the award presentation ceremony is planned to hold on May 20.
He quoted the group president as saying, “We will like to present it to the governor with a pomp that will enable us to exhibit our rich cultural heritage”.
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