President Bola Tinubu has upgraded the national honour conferred on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, from Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) to the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).
This was announced in the statement on Friday by the Special Adviser his on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga.
Recall that the President, while addressing the nation on the occasion of the nation’s 64th Independence Anniversary on October 1, 2024, conferred the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the speaker and the deputy senate president.
However, after a debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, persuading the President to confer a higher honour on the Speaker, he decided to upgrade the Speaker to GCON from CFR, in accordance with the National Order of Precedence.
According to the statement, the speaker, the Senate President, other principal officers of the National Assembly, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria would be formally decorated with their new honours later.
