Ezekwesili Dares Speaker Abass Over Proposed Imprisonment For Failure To Recite National Anthem

By Akinwale Kasali

Obiageli Ezekwesisli, a former Education Minister, has come down hard on the Speaker of the House of Representatives,  Tajudeen Abass, over the 10 Years Imprisonment Proposal for failure to recite the  National Anthem.

The proposed Bill  seeks to penalise anyone found guilty of refusing to recite the national anthem with a five million Naira fine,or a 10-year prison sentence, or both.

The bill also proposes that anyone who destroys a national symbol or a place of worship shall be liable to the same punishment.

The controversial Bill, sponsored by Speaker Abbas, is set for its second reading, where its general principles will be debated.

Reacting to the proposed bill on her X handle, Ezekwesili stated that the only National Anthem she will stand and recite is the old one and not the  one recently signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.

Ezekwesili has  said that the House of Representatives should get ready to prosecute her whenever they pass their ‘obnoxious’ counter Subversion Bill.