President Tinubu Bows To Reps Pressure, Confers GCON On Speaker Abbas
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has bowed to pressure from Members of the House of Representatives by conferring the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.
Didactic Information Hut recalls that President Tinubu had earlier conferred the national honour of the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Speaker Abbas but that was unanimously rejected by members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly via a protest motion.
In a statement on Friday, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said President Tinubu was persuaded by the House of Representatives position and has decided to remedy the “historical error and oversight”.
“Thus, he has decided to upgrade the Speaker to GCON from CFR, in accordance with the National Order of Precedence.
“The speaker, the Senate President, other principal officers of the National Assembly and the Chief Justice of Nigeria will be formally decorated with their new honours later,” the statement read in part.
