Reps reject CFR national honour for speaker, demand GCON

Oct. 2, 2024 - TheCable

AdvertisementThe president also said Ben Kalu, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, will receive the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). No speaker has been conferred with the GCON in the history of the national honours.

The lawmaker said it is discriminatory for the senate president to be conferred with a higher national honour than the speaker. Babajimi Benson from Lagos said the motion calling for the speaker to be honoured with GCON is “putting democracy right”.

Oboku Oforji from Bayelsa said it “gives us heartbreak that the speaker is honoured with CFR while CJN is honoured with GCON”...