Breaking News: Lagos, Oyo, Ogun & Osun States Declare June 12 Public Holiday to mark June 12 anniversary in remembrance of Late M.K.O Abiola
M.K.O. Abiola
The Lagos State Government on Sunday joined Oyo,
Ogun and Osun states to declare Monday public
holiday to mark the June 12 anniversary.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in a statement issued by
the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, said the
state remains committed to the ideals of the annulled 1993 Presidential
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Ambode said the holiday was in honour of the ideals which
June 12, 1993 Presidential election represented, being a day that the country
experienced an election that was adjudged as the freest and fairest in
Nigeria’s history.
He said that 24 years after, the ideals of June 12 are
still worth celebrating, describing the day as one of the most defining moments
of the country’s political history which had positively shaped its democracy.
The Governor urged Nigerians to go beyond the
commemoration and strive to entrench a viable democracy.
He said that this was a way to immortalise the late
winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, M.K.O Abiola through
the practice of true federalism and conduct of credible and fair elections.
Nigeria loves you MKO…
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