Reps reject CFR National honour for Speaker, demand GCON

By Babatunde Opoola Abuja.

The house of representatives has rejected the planned conferment of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the green chamber.

During plenary on Wednesday (yesterday), the house said it is unacceptable and demeaning for the President to confer the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), while reserving CFR for Abbas.

The house passed the resolution following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Philip Agbese, the deputy spokesman of the House and lawmaker from Benue.

In his Independence Day broadcast, Tinubu said Akpabio and Kekere-Ekun will be conferred with the GCON, while Abbas and Barau Jibrin, deputy president of the senate, will get CFR.

The president also said Ben Kalu, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, will receive the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).

However, Tinubu did not disclose the date for the conferments.