June 12: Information Minister Lai, Says Celebration Will Signify Triumph Of People’s Will - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 22, 2019
The Minister of Information andCulture, Lai Mohammed has described the upcoming maiden June 12 Democracy Daycelebration as “triumph of people’s will after decades of subversion.
Mohammed stated this on Wednesday inAbuja.
The minister was speaking onactivities lined up by the federal government for the May 29 inauguration ofPresident Muhammadu Buhari and the first democracy day celebration on June 12.
According to Mohammed, thecelebration is in fulfillment of President Buhari’s declaration last year ofJune 12 as democracy day and a national holiday with official commencement in2019.
He said that both chambers of theNational Assembly had endorsed the pronouncement.
The declaration was to commemoratethe democratic election of the late MKO Abiola as President on June 12, 1993.
The election, adjudged to be freeand fair, was, however, annulled by the then military president, Gen.IbrahimBabangida (rtd).