Ezekwesili also accused the Speaker and NASS members of conniving with President Tinubu to pass old anthem into law
By Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights activist and former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas that she will not sing the old national anthem and challenged him to prosecute her for doing so when the “Counter Subversion Bill” is passed.
She made this known via her X handle on Wednesday, while criticizing the bill, which passed its second reading at the National Assembly.
The former minister also accused the Speaker and members of the National Assembly of conniving with President Bola Tinubu to pass the old national anthem “Nigeria We Hail Thee” into law.
She added that the decision to revert to the old national anthem was a violation of the constitutional process.
She went on to counsel Abbas, his colleagues and the executive arm of government to listen to Nigerians and end bad governance, saying legislators are the ones subverting the progress of Nigeria
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Speaking via her verified social media handle, Ezekwesili tweeted, “I am certain that the Speaker of the @HouseNGR @Speaker_Abbas @nassnigeria knows this for a fact.
“Surely, he must know that the so-called #CounterSubversionBill—alleged to be in its second reading—which he introduced, is a silly flight of fancy that further reveals how unserious and irrelevant the lawmakers are to the Nigerian condition.
“I, for example, have kept my public statement and only stand and sing the REAL Nigerian National Anthem (Arise O Compatriots), never the Colonial and ‘tribal’ one that he and his colleagues conspired with @NGRPresident and kangarooed into ‘law’ in violation of constitutional processes.
“Get ready to ‘prosecute’ me when you pass your noxious #CounterSubversionBill into an Act.
“But 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.
“Your citizens have spoken up in unison, asking you and your colleagues in the Executive and Judicial Arms to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria.
“You obviously have still not heard the ticking chimes of time. Continue with your irrelevancies while the country totters… continue if it pays you.”