Section 8: Making of awards

Where the Board, after consideration of the report of the commiittee of assessors mentioned in section 7 of this Act, is of opinion that the circumstances are such as to render it expedient that an award be made to a particular person or that a joint award should be made to two persons in the field concerned, it shall transmit its decision to the secretary to the Government of the Federation not later than I September in each year so as to enable the President to make the Award to the recipient or recipients concerned on the first Thursday in the month of December:
Provided that where the Board, by reason that none of the persons nominated should be given an award or for any other sufficient reason, is of opinion that no award should be made in a particular year, then there shall be no obligation on the Board to make an Award in the year concerned.