Nigeria’s House of Representatives has denied reports by some newspapers and media stations suggesting that it rejected the National Honours confered on the speaker and deputy speaker by President Bola Tinubu
Majority leader of the House, Julius Ihonvbere, who made this clarification at plenary this thursday, explained that lawmakers only appealed to the federal government to address what they termed “inappropriate discrimination” against the green chamber.
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The speaker, in his contribution, attributed the report to an amendment to the motion proposed by a lawmaker at yesterday’s plenary but was immediately withdrawn.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
