Reps reject Tinubu’s CFR for Speaker Abbas

The House of Representatives has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s offer of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) award on its Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.

During Wednesday’s plenary, the lawmakers said it was inappropriate for President Tinubu to bestow the prestigious Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, while relegating Abbas to the CFR.

The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Philip Agbese, a lawmaker from Benue.

In his Independence Day address, President Tinubu announced that Akpabio and Kekere-Ekun would  receive the GCON, while Abbas and Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin would be conferred with the CFR.