This President is a listening Leader— House Speaker Abbas hails Tinubu
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen said on Saturday that by upgrading the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic to the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has demonstrated that he is a listening Leader.
The Speaker applauded Tinubu for correcting the mistakes of the past by according the House its constitutional status in coffering the Speaker with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).
Tinubu had during his Independence Day Anniversary address to Nigerians on Tuesday, October 1, announced the conferment of the Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR) on the Speaker and GCON on the President of the Senate and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
However the House, through a motion by Philip Agbese and 249 others called on the President to correct the mistake by according the House the same status as the Senate in the conferment of the National Honours.
The House decried the discrimination it had suffered over the years not just regarding the National Honours but also in some quarters, where a segment of Nigerians referred to it as the “lower chamber” even when the constitution places both chambers of the National Assembly on the same pedestal.
Following the House resolution, Tinubu on Friday announced the withdrawal of the CFR honour and conferment of the GCON on the Speaker.
Speaker Abbas, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, said President Tinubu has demonstrated good leadership in his action.
“I thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for correcting the mistakes by past administrations of not according the House its constitutional recognition. The President has once again demonstrated his democratic credentials of being a true democrat, an objective and a listening leader.
“With this development, Nigeria and indeed the world, now know that the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic ofNigeria has the same status as its sister chamber, the Senate, and is treated as such.
“I thank the President for heeding the voices of reasoning from the House and other well-meaning Nigerians,” the Speaker said.
Speaker Abbas equally congratulated the 10th House of Representatives “for this historic achievement.”
He thanked his colleagues for rising against the age-long discrimination of the House, which he said has been corrected through their efforts.
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