Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has praised the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, for efforts in ensuring security of lives and property.<\/P>
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Obasanjo made the commendation on Friday night in Lagos while giving a keynote address at the National Daily newspaper\u2019s Awards for year 2022 ceremony.<\/P>
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He said that the I-G deserved the award.<\/P>
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baba, Obasanjo, Gov. Babatunde Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and 44 other individuals and organisations were given awards for excellent performance in various areas.<\/P>
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Obasanjo said that for the I-G to win the National Daily\u2019s Man of the Year Award, he had done excellently.<\/P>
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\u201cFor you to be singled out for the Man of the Year Award by the National Daily, I believe you deserve it.<\/P>
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\u201cYour job is not the one that is particularly glamorous.<\/P>
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\u201d When thieves attack us, we come to you; when we quarrel with our neighbours, we come to you, and you must be ready to answer us even when we may not show appreciation.<\/P>
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\u201cThat is why an award like this that singled you out must be appreciated and commended,\u201d he said.<\/P>
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The former president, who spoke on peace, said that peace, security and stability were essential for development, performance, growth and excellence.<\/P>
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According to him, justice, equity and fairness promote peace.<\/P>
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He called on Nigerians to do things rightly at all times and be careful while making choices.<\/P>
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\u201cIf your choices are right, the consequences will be right, your performance will be right. If your performance is right, then you obtain excellence.<\/P>
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\u201cIf you are going to be successful, you must make things better, do things differently even when others are doing contrary.<\/P>
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\u201cI believe we can achieve excellence,\u201d he said.<\/P>
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In his response to the award, Baba said that the award was motivation as well as a challenge to him and the police to do more.<\/P>
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Baba gave the assurance that the police would do more in fighting insecurity.<\/P>
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\u201cThis award is not for me as an individual, but to motivate the force, the personnel of the force, so that we can do more,\u201d he said.<\/P>
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Earlier, the Chairman of the occasion, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, thanked the National Daily for the awards, saying that they would spur the beneficiaries to work harder.<\/P>
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Adelusi-Adeluyi said that excellence awards should be given only to possible agents of change to motivate them.<\/P>
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The National Daily Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-chief, Mr Sylvester Ebhodaghe, said that the awards were made to encourage the recipients to do more in the areas they were recognised.<\/P>
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Ebhodaghe said that Nigerians who distinguished themselves should be recognised with a view to spurring them to do more and encourage others to do well.<\/P>
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P>
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