Shortage of medals, certificates mars national honours

The country’s most prestigious honours awards was marred by a shortage of medals and certificates in Abuja on Monday. The event, which held amid tight security at the International Conference Center in Abuja, saw President Goodluck Jonathan conferring various classes of national honours on 355 Nigerians.

Our correspondent reports that as a result of the shortages, many of the honourees were unable to get their medals and certificates as is the tradition. In his bid to defend the shortages, the Secretary to the Federal Government, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, blamed it on the large number of recipients in the 2011 awards ceremony. He also promised those who could not receive their medals and certificates that they would have the materials “in the next one week. - Punch Newspapers