Southern Kaduna to honour ex-CDS, Gen Musa, with highest award

News Express |3rd Nov 2025 | 130
Southern Kaduna to honour ex-CDS, Gen Musa, with highest award

Gen Christopher Musa, immediate past Chief of Defence Staff




As part of activities to welcome back home their illustrious son after a fulfilled professional career, the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC) is set to honour the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa (rtd), with the highest honour in the land, the Grand Commander of the Southern Kaduna (GCSK).

The Grand Reception which is scheduled for Saturday 22nd November, 2025, will take place in Kafanchan Township Stadium, the Commercial headquarters of the Southern Kaduna zone.

At its 19th Council Meeting held at the Throneroom Trust Ministry, Kafanchan at the weekend, SKLC Chairman, Elder Ishaya Dary Akau (OON), announced that General Musa will be decorated with its highest honour of the Grand Commander of Southern Kaduna.

He said this was because he represented the zone, Kaduna State and Nigeria at large.

According to him, the retired General is a worthy ambassador in his military career and the most outstanding Chief of Defence Staff the country had produced.

Meanwhile, SKLC also inaugurated the Executive Chairman, Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Comrade Jerry Adams, as the Chairman of Finance Committee of the Southern Kaduna (Cultural) Festival (SKFEST), with Hon. Larai Sylvia Ishaku, Executive Chairman, Jaba Local Government Area, to serve as secretary.

Other members of the committee include Hon. Wilson Iliya Yangye, Deputy Controller, Universal Insurance; Mr. Kabir Kasim, Corporate Affairs Manager, North, Nigeria Breweries, PLC; Hon. Christopher Haruna, former Chairman, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, and Mr. Danjuma Kai, among others. (Nigerian Tribune)




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