The trending list of nominees for the national honours award is fake, the Federal Government has said.
Julie Jacobs, Director of Press in the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs announced in a statement yesterday that the authentic list of the nominees is yet to be released to the public. She said the investiture of the yet to announced nominees will take place at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, October 11.
The Federal Government said that the list which has continued to circulate online since the past weekend is fake.
The statement read:
“The attention of the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs has been drawn to a purported list of nominees for National Honours being circulated by some online media organisations.
“While it is true that President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, will be conferring National Honours on deserving Nigerians and friends of Nigeria on 11th October 2022, the authentic list of nominees is yet to be released to the public.
“The Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs will publish the list at the appropriate time and medium.” Jacob urged members of the public to discountenance the list in circulation and described it as an attempt by overzealous reporters whose aim is to break news even when such news is fake.