- Tinubu had earlier said there are plans to confer national honours on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).
The House of Representatives has rejected the planned conferment on its Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, with the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) award.
During Wednesday’s plenary session, lawmakers deemed it 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.
This 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.
Additionally, Tinubu revealed that Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, would receive the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), without specifying a date for the investitures.
