By Cheta Enyoghasi
Former Nigerian Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has accused House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas and National Assembly members of conspiring with President Bola Tinubu to pass the old national anthem “Nigeria We Hail Thee” into law, claiming they violated the constitutional process.
Ezekwesili criticised the Counter Subversion Bill and called for the Speaker to prepare for prosecution if she refuses to sing the reverted national anthem.
Posting on X the former minister accused the speaker of introducing a “CounterSubversionBill” that reveals his unseriousness and irrelevantness to the Nigerian condition.
She criticized the lawmakers for their actions, stating that they consistently subvert progress and contribute to bad governance. Urging them to stop their irrelevancies and focus on ending bad governance in Nigeria, as citizens have voiced their concerns.
She wrote: “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”.
