Tinubu Bows to House Pressure, Confers GCON on Speaker Abbas

.Senate President, Speaker, CJN, others to be decorated with national honours soon

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas.
In his 64th Independence Anniversary Speech on October 1, President Tinubu had 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 on the President to confer a higher honour on the Speaker.
A statement issued on Friday by his Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said President Tinubu
was persuaded by the House of Representatives’ position and had decided to remedy the historical error and oversight.
The statement said he decided to upgrade the Speaker to GCON from CFR, in accordance with the National Order of Precedence.
The statement added that 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.