Birthday/National Award: Reps Minority Caucus hails Speaker, Rt Hon Abbas
The leadership and members of the Minority Caucus in Nigeria's House of Representatives has joined colleagues and Nigerians to felicitate with Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Speaker of the House on the occasion of his birthday celebrations, and conferment of national honour by President Bola Tinubu (GCFR).
Spark News Daily reports that Rt. Hon. Abbas has been conferred with national award – Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) by President Bola Tinubu.
Reacting to the award, the House Minority Caucus congratulated the Speaker in a statement through its leader, Rep. O.K Chinda, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday,
Rep Chinda said the Caucus is particularly happy that since Hon. Abbas emergence as the 15th Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, his unapologetic commitment to nation building, and national development has been recognized by the Federal Government.
According to him, “Given his broad-based, all-inclusive, and servant-leadership style of governance, the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) bestowed on him is a worthy and fitting endorsement of his unique, and enviable attributes.
Continuing, he said, “For us, the “double honours” celebrations of Speaker Abbas’ birthday anniversary, and national awards represents a glowing testament to the continued legacy of service by an unusual intellectual-politician who exhibits transparency, fairness, hard work, discipline, and altruism at all times.
The Caucus also extended felicitations to the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu over his conferment of Commander of the Order of Niger (CON) by His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu (GCFR).
“We enjoin him to continue to offer quality support to Speaker Abbas as they pilot the affairs of the “people’s House.”
“As we join our colleagues to savour the joy, and euphoria of these two-pronged achievements, we pray that God will grant Speaker Abbas wisdom, knowledge, understanding, good health, sound mind, and renewed strength for continuous national relevance, and contribution to national development, and general well-being of all Nigerians.
“Congratulations, Mr. Speaker…People’s Speaker!!”
