2024 World Peace Day: UN Honours 71 Prominent Nigerians, Wike, Okiro and Omotayo Tola Make List of Recipients

By Goodluck B Ikiebe

UN Award Recipient, Professor Omotayo Tola.

The United Nations has given awards to 71 prominent Nigerians as the World marks 2024 Peace Day.

In Nigeria, the awards were in four categories as follows;
Famous World Ambassador For Goodwill. 5 recipients received the award including FCT Minister, Dr Nyesom Wike and Dr Mike Okiro.
The Second category – Prestigious Mayor For World Peace has 22 Recipients among whom is Mr Simon Okeke.
The third category, Distinguished Ambassador For World Peace, has 69 recipients. They include Prof. Elijah Omotayo Tola and Mrs Nonye Soludo.

While the fourth category, Honourable Justice For World Peace, has 2 Recipients – Don Peter Okiro and Amb. Maxwell Ochade.

Our Correspondent reports that the theme for this year is, “SDG Resources: Cornerstone of Peace”.

The UN World Peace Day is celebrated in March to promote the culture of Peace Awareness/ Unveiling and Commissioning of Peace Alive Initiative.

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