Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a trip to Nigeria. He was awarded the country’s second highest honor while there. PM was honored with the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger Award. This award is highly esteemed in Nigeria, with the only previous foreign recipient being Queen Elizabeth. PM Modi has also received the same award from Nigeria now.
The major point is that this marks the 17th global recognition received by PM Modi from a foreign nation. Several other nations have also paid tribute to him, with Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia included in the list. Now that Prime Minister Modi has been honored in Nigeria, he has described it as an honor for the whole country. After being awarded, PM Modi expressed on social media his pride in receiving The Grand Commander of the Order of Niger Award. I receive it humbly and offer it to the citizens of India.
Incidentally, PM Modi also spoke to the Indian community in Nigeria. He provided an in-depth discussion on the connections between the two nations, bringing up numerous other topics as well. PM Modi declared that India is the birthplace of democracy, with Nigeria being the biggest democracy on the African continent. Both our nations share commonalities in terms of democracy. Both of our nations share similarities in terms of diversity. Both our nations possess the power of demographics.
Following this, PM Modi also made reference to the independence of Nigeria and discussed the role of Mahatma Gandhi in it. He mentioned that Gandhiji had resided in Africa for an extended period. He experienced the happiness and sadness of the African people. In the time of slavery, both India and Nigeria tirelessly fought for freedom, and when India gained independence, it served as a source of inspiration for Nigeria’s freedom movement. Today, India and Nigeria are progressing together as partners who shared the struggles of the past.