life2017:
noise. Dino just love attention.

After Abiola is given the award, let me see if Dino Melaye will go to court to request a revisal.

Even if melaye is correct which I doubt, doctrine of necessity will make the court accept president decision base on the symbolism of June 12 with national unity and democracy.

Omeokachie:
MKO is a Nigerian biko.

He paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country. What I am against is for a tyrant (destroyer of our democracy) to want to use this to gain political mileage out of desperation to perpetuate himself in office.

But did you read where he said the recipient must be there in person

Wiseandtrue:

But did you read where he said the recipient must be there in person

ElGood:
Dino Melaye the dullard, he forgot that there is an English word called posthumous honor. Nonesense

ODVanguard:
Dino is beginning to lose it small small.

ODVanguard:
Dino is beginning to lose it small small.

Omeokachie:



I have made my position on the GCFR award clear. I believe it is unconstitutional to be awarded posthumously. Now, my disagreement with Dino is this talk of MKO not being a Nigerian. I think it is plain ridiculous to put up such argument.

June 12 deserves to be recognized as democracy day.
MKO deserves to be immortalised for his sacrifice.
Is GCFR posthumously given the way to go? I think not.

Hope I have clarified my position?

Omeokachie:
MKO is a Nigerian biko.

He paid the ultimate sacrifice for this country. What I am against is for a tyrant (destroyer of our democracy) to want to use this to gain political mileage out of desperation to perpetuate himself in office.

Ahmedhussain3463:
recieve sense now buhari will remember ojukwu too.

osazeeblue01:
Oga Dino thank you for telling the truth.

What a country.....

wordproof:
Another lame twist...

Please where's Femi Adesina? Did his sins catch up with him or he's been technically sidelined?

TheUbermensch:


I love this comment.

I just hope everyone is as smart as you.

We shouldn't trade 4years for cheap honours.

Augiiee:
Your gullibility never seize to amaze me

Afamed:

Speaking with 2sides of your mouth. In one quote , you claimed SW are gullible. Just again when you heard what will suit you, you claimed every one should be smart. 16years of PDP is SW nothing to show for it. I will rather vote the the APC just because of this singular move and because I and my family members are utterly senseless.

Wiseandtrue:

But did you read where he said the recipient must be there in person

ODVanguard:
Dino is beginning to lose it small small.

TheUbermensch:

Alright. Good to know.

Afamed:
I and my family are senseless indeed. You can see what I mean.

kahal29:
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, has cautioned President Muhammdu Buhari against breaching the constitution in his latest move of conferring the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Moshood Abiola, the widely acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election.

Mr Buhari on June 6, 25 years after the election, directed the honour be conferred on Mr Abiola. He also said June 12 will henceforth be preserved as Nigeria’s Democracy Day to further honour him.

The president also directed Mr Abiola’s running mate, Babagana Kingibe, be conferred with the second highest honour of Grand Commander of the Niger (GCON).

The GCFR was exclusive to presidents and former presidents until President Shehu Shagari conferred it on Obafemi Awolowo in the Second Republic.

Citing Chapter 43(2) of the National Honours Act on Thursday, however, Mr Melaye argued that the act does not allow for conferment of the honours on non-Nigerians.

He claimed that Mr Abiola is dead and that automatically makes him not to be a Nigerian.

He said, “I am a democrat, I believe very sincerely that Chief M.K.O Abiola deserve even more than the president has pronounced because he is a true patriot, philanthropist and should be so decorated.

“But Mr. President, we are governed in the country by the constitution and extant laws. No matter how beautiful a situation is, the law of the land remains the law of the land.”

The lawmaker mentioned a section of the law which he claims buttresses his point.

“Subsection 2 of the act says a person shall be eligible for appointment to any rank or holder unless he is a citizen of Nigeria. A dead man is not a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We should not be emotional about this. The law remains the law.”

Mr Melaye’s interpretation is expected to be faulted by most Nigerians and is not known to have a precedent in any law court.

Mr Melaye also argued that the act provides that such honour be conferred on the recipient in person and since Mr Abiola is dead, he cannot receive the award; a similar argument to that raised by a former chief justice of Nigeria, Alfa Belgore.

“Subject to the next notice, a person shall be appointed to a particular rank of an order when the president receives him in person,” he said.

“Mr. President, they said in person for us to do what we are supposed to do, we would have to amend the provisions of this act because anything we need to do, we have to do in accordance with the provisions of the law.”

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, announced that his points of order were noted.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/271492-mko-abiola-no-longer-nigerian-cannot-be-made-gcfr-dino-melaye.html

Akinpelumusibau:



Yeye dey smell for your head, yeastern idiot

Afamed:

“The provision of Section 3 (2) Honours Warrant which says a recipient must appear in person to receive his honours is clawed back by Section 3(3), which grants the president powers to dispense with the requirement of section 3(2).
“It is not correct that posthumous honours cannot be made. Once a recipient meets the threshold eligibility, the president can dispense with the appearance of the honoured at the investiture.
That is the full qoute. Which says the President can give the honour posthumously.

Paperwhite:
The humour side of Dino again.Buhari government have a good intention with this one but the intent & modality of going about it is not well thought out.
Based on Rtd.Justice Alfa Belgore explaination,the president may have committed a faux pax by giving the GCFR honours to a late man hence another case of disturbing the dead again.

Guyman02:
What did our laws say about the award, Buhari in his desperation to assuage the minds of the southwest over his failures decided on announcing this awards to Abiola and June 12 as democracy day.

He can pass a bill to the National Assembly to ratify this decision and save us from the confusion and different interpretations