President Goodluck Jonathan has conferred the national honours of
Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Microsoft founder and
co-Chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gate.
Jonathan said the conferment, which was done yesterday, was in
recognition of Gates' support towards the eradication of poliomyelitis
in Nigeria.
The president, who warned that the politics of the 2015 general
election should not be allowed to erode the gains Nigeria had made in
the eradication of polio,
