National Honours: Arewa Group Drums Support for Dr. Emmanuel Musa
By: Edirin Robinson
A group under the auspices of the Concerned Northern Forum has urged the National Honours Committee to consider Dr. Emmanuel Musa, Founder and President of the Emnanu Foundation, for national honours. This recommendation is in recognition of his exceptional humanitarian services to vulnerable and less privileged people in his home state of Adamawa, the northern region, and Nigeria at large.
The forum, in a letter of recommendation jointly signed by its chairman, Aliu Sani Mohammed, and its spokesman, Comrade Abdulsalam Moh’d Kazeem, addressed to the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs and copied to the President and Secretary to the Federation, explained that the nominee has exhibited an uncommon commitment to the human and material development of the region and the country in general.
A copy of the acknowledged letter dated 6th June 2024 reads in part:
“We write as a coalition of over 73 civil society organisations with over 4 million members to recommend Dr. Emmanuel Musa, Founder and President of the Emnanu Foundation, for national honours in recognition of his exceptional humanitarian services to vulnerable and less privileged people in his home state of Adamawa, the northern region, and Nigeria at large. Additionally, we have sighted another document of endorsement by the leadership of over 45 various credible and reputable organisations from the region who support the said national honour to Dr. Emmanuel.”
“Through his charity project, Emnanu Foundation, Dr. Musa has touched the lives of millions of Nigerians from the North East geopolitical zone affected by Boko Haram insurgency by providing them with shelter, food, and financial aid to enable them to rebuild their livelihoods and thrive. He has also been active in supporting camps for internally displaced persons all over the region and elsewhere.”
“His swift response to the victims of a devastating windstorm in Pella, Hong Local Government Area, where building materials, beddings, clothing, and food supplies were made available to more than 500 victims, deserves special recognition and honour.”
“As a highly educated individual, Dr. Emmanuel Musa has shown great commitment to the education of indigent students across the country. He recently donated over ₦200 million to 200,000 pupils under the Adamawa Pupils Welfare Scheme. This is an unprecedented gesture and the hallmark of generosity and philanthropy worthy of national honours and recognition.”
“By using his personal resources to improve the lives of those around him, it is our firm conviction that you will find this young man, who at the tender age of 34 has already positively impacted his community and continues to touch more lives in several other ways.”
“We therefore present Dr. Emmanuel Musa as the recipient of this year’s ‘Most Outstanding and Distinguished Humanitarian of the Year’ award.”
