{"id":127817,"date":"2024-08-14T12:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/speaker-abass-nass-conspired-with-tinubu-to-pass-old-national-anthem-into-law-ezekwesili"},"modified":"2024-08-14T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:12:44","slug":"speaker-abass-nass-conspired-with-tinubu-to-pass-old-national-anthem-into-law-ezekwesili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/speaker-abass-nass-conspired-with-tinubu-to-pass-old-national-anthem-into-law-ezekwesili","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Abass, NASS conspired with Tinubu to pass old national anthem into law \u2013 Ezekwesili"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and members of the National Assembly of conspiring with President Bola Tinubu to pass the old national anthem \u201cNigeria We Hail Thee\u201d into law.<\/p>\n

Ezekwesili said Abbas and his colleagues in the National Assembly violated the constitutional process by reverting to the old national anthem.<\/p>\n

She criticized the Counter Subversion Bill, which has passed its second reading in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

Posting on X, the former Minister challenged the Speaker to prepare to prosecute her when the bill is passed, as she would not sing the reverted national anthem.<\/p>\n

She wrote: \u201cI am certain that the Speaker of the @HouseNGR @Speaker_Abbas @nassnigeria knows this for a fact.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurely, he must know that the so-called #CounterSubversionBill\u2014alleged to be in its second reading\u2014which he introduced, is a silly flight of fancy that further reveals how unserious and irrelevant the lawmakers are to the Nigerian condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, for example, have kept my public statement and only stand and sing the REAL Nigerian National Anthem (Arise O Compatriots), never the Colonial and \u2018tribal\u2019 one that he and his colleagues conspired with @NGRPresident and kangarooed into \u2018law\u2019 in violation of constitutional processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet ready to \u2018prosecute\u2019 me when you pass your noxious #CounterSubversionBill into an Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut before then, please note that if there is any group of Nigerians that deserve a Subversion Act, it is you and your colleagues at @nassnigeria, who consistently subvert the progress of Nigeria and her people through your legendary public misdemeanors that accumulate into bad governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour citizens have spoken up in unison, asking you and your colleagues in the Executive and Judicial Arms to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou obviously have still not heard the ticking chimes of time. Continue with your irrelevancies while the country totters… continue if it pays you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili has accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and members of the National Assembly of conspiring with President Bola Tinubu to pass the old national anthem \u201cNigeria We Hail Thee\u201d into law. 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