Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that the House of Representatives should get ready to prosecute her whenever they pass their ‘obnoxious’ Counter Subversion Bill.
There are reports that the Lower Chamber has introduced the Counter Subversion Bill 2024, which aims to impose stringent penalties on Nigerians who fail to recite the national anthem.
According to the proposed legislation, anyone found guilty of refusing to recite the national anthem shall be fined N5 million, face 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. Sahara Reporters reports that the bill which is sponsored by Speaker Tajudeen 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 new one recently signed into law by President Tinubu.
