Tajudeen Abbas, Reps Speaker
Tinubu bows to pressure, confers GCON national honour on House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has bowed to the pressure of the House of Representatives members that their Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, deserves a Grand Commander of Nigeria national honour.
The President has, consequently, awarded House Speaker Abbas a GCON national honour as the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun.
A statement signed on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, quoted President Tinubu as saying the upgrade is in accordance with the National Order of Precedence.
In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on October 1st, President Tinubu conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the speaker and the deputy senate president.
This development led to a debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, calling the President to confer a higher honour on the Speaker.
President Tinubu was persuaded by the House of Representatives position and has “decided to remedy the historical error and oversight.”
Hence, the president reviewed the National honour and upgraded the Speaker to GCON from CFR.
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 on a due date.