Nigeria, Sept. 8 -- President Bola Tinubu has commended Vice President Kashim Shettima, G24 director Iyabo Masha, and 12 others who were conferred with the Distinguished Fellow Award by the Nigerian Economic Society (NES).

The president described the honours as recognising outstanding contributions of the awardees to economic policy, research, and development of the country.

The NES earlier announced its decision to confer its Distinguished Fellow Award on Mrs Masha and others at its 66th annual conference at the NAF Conference Center, Kado, Abuja.

In a statement released on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Bayo Onanuga, Mr Tinubu commended the awardees, stating that the conferment is a testament to their exempl...