According to a media assistant, Chimamanda Adichie denied the national accolades.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a celebrated Nigerian author who was recently honored with Harvard

University's prestigious W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, has spoken out about missing

President Buhari's October 11 ceremony to bestow national honors.

Omawumi Ogbe, a member of Chimamanda's communications team, clarified the situation by telling The Guardian that the author turned down the honor.

There have been conflicting reports about one of the named honorees, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, since the President recently presented national honors. Social media users disagree on whether the award-winning author accepted or refused it.

The author was not present at the presentation because she refused to receive the award. But she didn't want to draw unwarranted attention to herself.

The author was not present at the presentation because she refused to receive the award. She, however, discreetly expressed her non-acceptance because she did not want to generate excessive publicity surrounding it. Ogbe uttered.

President Buhari defended the honors when presenting awards to 450 Nigerians and foreigners, stating that the recipients had distinguished themselves in the service of the country and humanity.

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