By Okey Muogbo
Executive Chairman of Qua’an-Pan Local Government Council, Plateau State, Hon. Christopher Audu Manship has once again been honored on the national stage as he received the second highest meritorious award today.
A statement from the Media Office of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria in Abuja said the Award took place Thursday 18th June 2026, at the LOGEXA 2026 Conferment Ceremony held at the NAF Conference Centre, Kado District, Abuja.
The award, presented by The Medals Magazine under the Nigerian Local Government Excellence Award platform (LOGEXA), recognizes doggedness, integrity, selfless service and excellence in grassroots administration.
“It marks his second national recognition, a validation that excellence, when rooted in service, repeats itself and resonates beyond borders.
“Standing shoulder to shoulder with a distinguished league of grassroots leaders, Hon. Manship was decorated alongside top award-winning chairmen drawn from Lagos, Enugu, Kwara, Kaduna, Oyo, Taraba, Imo and other states whose performance has redefined what local government can mean to the people.
“The Medals Magazine brought them together under one roof not just to hand out plagues, medals and laurels, but to document a movement — a movement of chairmen who chose results over rhetoric and impact over image.
“Each pin and plaque told a story of sleepless nights, community town halls and decisions made for the many rather than the few.
“For Qua’an-Pan, the milestones that earned this second honor speak with the clarity of lived experience. Since assuming office on 9th June 2023, Hon. Manship has completed and delivered over 18 projects that touch the daily life of his people.
“These include Science laboratories equipped so students can move from theory to experiment, scholarships paid, and JAMB tuition has been cleared for candidates scoring 250 and above because talent must never be trapped by tuition.
“Others include youth and women empowerment programs which have turned potential into productivity, staff welfare prioritized, and labour relations mended with respect and fairness.
“The most profound praise comes from the streets and villages where security once held families hostage as Qua’an-Pan, once marked by kidnapping and criminality, now carries a new testimony.”
According to the statement, “residents speak of sleeping with both eyes closed, a simple phrase that carries the weight of peace restored, fear displaced, and trust rebuilt. That shift did not happen by chance. It happened by choice — the choice to govern with a heart of service and the discipline to follow through.”
Accepting the honor, Hon. Manship dedicated the award to His Excellency, Governor Caleb Mutfwang, for the vision and support that made the reforms possible, and to the constituents of Qua’an-Pan whose patience, partnership and prayers carried the mandate forward.
He pledged that the medal is not a resting place but a reinforcement — a call to deepen the work, widen the impact, and keep building a Qua’an-Pan where every child, mother, farmer and trader can thrive with dignity. Sunrisereporters.
