A dead man is not a citizen you can’t confer GCFR on a dead man, Melaye tells Buhari (Vanguard)

Senator Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West, has said that President Muhammdu Buhari cannot confer the honour of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on on a dead man. President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday had directed that effective from 2019, Nigerian Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years should now be shifted to the June 12. The President in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, said this directive was to honuor “an illustrious son of Nigeria, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola” the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election. But Melaye at the Senate on Thursday, said the national honours can only be conferred on an individual when the president receives the recipient in person saying ‘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.’ Read more