The Martin Luther King
Center has denied giving Nigeria’s President Buhari
an award, just a few days after members of the family of the late activist, Martin
Luther King Jnr, were received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, March 26, 2018 at the State House, Abuja, received Martin
Luther King Jnr’s family. He was also conferred with the 1st Black
History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African
Leadership Award 2018.
On this, the Nigerian Presidency had tweeted:
“President @MBuhari today at the state house received
Martin Luther King Jnr’s family. He was also conferred with the 1st Black
History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership
Award 2018.”
However the Martin Luther King Center who reacted to
the tweet by the Nigerian Presidency, disclosed that no award was given to
President Buhari by the center nor by the children of late Martin Luther King.
Their tweet reads:
“The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not
given by The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children
of #MLK and #CorettaScottKing. @MrFixNigeria”
On Monday, Isaac newton-Farris Jnr, the nephew of American civil right activist, Martin Luther King Junior had enjoined Nigerians to unite and join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari to complete the work he began in setting Nigeria on the right path, and building a country every Nigerian would be proud of.
“My advice to Nigeria is this., I know that a lot of Nigerians feel a little displeasure with President Buhari moving too slow on some of his reforms. I will counsel Nigerians to say give this man the time he needs to do the job that he is doing. He is one of the most legitimate leaders that the continent has produced. And he would if you all just stick to him I assure you he is going to make Nigeria a better place,” he said.
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