JUNE 12 IS THE NEW DEMOCRACY DAY
Hello everybody, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced June 12 as the new date which Democracy Day will be celebrated in Nigeria.
The President made the declaration in a tweet on his official handle and explained why June 12 will replace May 29. He noted that June 12 is a more symbolic day.
His statement read thus “For the past 18 years, Nigerians have been celebrating May 29th as Democracy Day. That was the date when, for the second time in our history, an elected civilian administration took over from a military government. The first time this happened was on October 21st, 1979,”
He also conferred a posthumous GCFR title on the presumed winner of June 12, 1993, presidential election, Moshood Abiola.
Also, the tireless fighter for human rights and the actualization of the June 12th elections and indeed for Democracy in general, the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN is to be awarded posthumously a GCON.
What do you think about this new development? Let us hear your view in the comment section.
