Democracy Day: Senate Approves June 12 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 17, 2019
The Senate has approved the proposal to make June 12every year as Nigeria’s Democracy Day.
The approval followed the concurrence by the Senatewith a bill passed by the House of Representatives on the matter.
President Buhari had last year declared June 12 asDemocracy Day as a way of immortalizing late MKO Abiola, who was believed tohave won the June 12, 1993, presidential election.
To give the President’s declaration a legal backing,two members of the House of Representatives Edward Pwajok and Kayode Oladelesponsored a bill for June 12 to be recognized as Democracy Day by law.
The bill, which sought an amendment to the PublicHolidays Act, was passed by the House in March and transmitted to the Senatefor concurrence.
Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan moved for the Senate toconcur with the bill as passed by the House, which all the Senators agreed to.