Ministers who did not wear the emblem of the 2013 Armed Forces
Remembrance Day were on Wednesday denied entry into the venue for the weekly
Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja by
security officials.
The affected ministers were told that the directive came from President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan on Thursday inaugurated the emblem at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, calling on Nigerians to proudly wear it.
According to him, wearing the emblem is a good way to appreciate the sacrifice the fallen and living heroes had made towards national development.
All ministers on the occasion were decorated with the emblem.
When those who were not wearing theirs were stopped from entering the venue, others made frantic efforts to get them from workers in the Villa who had theirs on so that they could attend the meeting.
However, the Minister of State, Defence, Olusola Obada, saved the situation when she arrived with more emblems for the ministers.
Some of them who managed to enter the venue without emblems were seen quickly fixing the ones provided by Obada to their dresses before the President entered the hall.
At last, all ministers who came for the meeting were allowed to attend.
However, the meeting was dedicated to the victims of the Saturday’s helicopter crash in Bayelsa State. Jonathan ordered that ministers must wear their emblems for one month.
The President said, “Ministers are hereby directed to wear the Armed Forces Remembrance emblem for one month. We shall wear it up until January 15, 2013 when activities for the remembrance would have been concluded.”
“If you do not wear it to your offices, just make sure you keep money inside your bag to buy another one.”
The affected ministers were told that the directive came from President Goodluck Jonathan.
Jonathan on Thursday inaugurated the emblem at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, calling on Nigerians to proudly wear it.
According to him, wearing the emblem is a good way to appreciate the sacrifice the fallen and living heroes had made towards national development.
All ministers on the occasion were decorated with the emblem.
When those who were not wearing theirs were stopped from entering the venue, others made frantic efforts to get them from workers in the Villa who had theirs on so that they could attend the meeting.
However, the Minister of State, Defence, Olusola Obada, saved the situation when she arrived with more emblems for the ministers.
Some of them who managed to enter the venue without emblems were seen quickly fixing the ones provided by Obada to their dresses before the President entered the hall.
At last, all ministers who came for the meeting were allowed to attend.
However, the meeting was dedicated to the victims of the Saturday’s helicopter crash in Bayelsa State. Jonathan ordered that ministers must wear their emblems for one month.
The President said, “Ministers are hereby directed to wear the Armed Forces Remembrance emblem for one month. We shall wear it up until January 15, 2013 when activities for the remembrance would have been concluded.”
“If you do not wear it to your offices, just make sure you keep money inside your bag to buy another one.”