President Buhari has declared June 12 as a democracy day in honor of MKO Abiola-
the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 election. He also announced the posthumous award of GCFR to MKO Abiola and GCON to late Human Rights Activist, Gani Fawehinmi. Many see it as a victory to the Yoruba nation. Below are their reactions.

http://www.currentgist.com.ng/2018/06/peoples-reactions-on-declaration-of.html?m=1

Sai baba

The question remains, how does this affect the progress of the country?

MysteriousAnn:
The question remains, how does this affect the progress of the country?

It is a reminder that the will of the majority people to choose their own leaders should not be vanquished by the few who find themselves in power.

It is a reminder that some fought for this same democracy that others received on a platter, yet they have refused to let people enjoy their rights despite the democracy.

A situation all the Presidents since then, including Buhari, have refused to correct.

this decision is the same thing as declaring saturday as public holiday for school children, its makes no sense and meaning

letusbepieces:
THIS IS NIGERIA, ANOTHER GOV CAN ENTER THERE AND RETURN DEMOCRACY DAY BACK TO 29TH MAY.

I KNOW SENTIMENT WILL NOT HELP U TO COMPREHEND THAT SIMPLE FACT.

FURTHER, DEMOCRACY DAY IS NOT ABIOLA DAY.

ASK BUHARI TO CALL IT ABIOLA DAY.

OTHERWISE, HAUSA GO THEY LAUGH YORUBA ON JUNE 12, WEN ABACHA BECAME PRESIDENT AND POWER WENT NORTH.




Again, Buhari lauds Sani Abacha


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/269444-again-buhari-lauds-late-kleptocrat-dictator-sani-abacha.html

It does not have to be Abiola day. Abiola has been given a personal recognition with the GCFR accorded posthumously.

It is democracy day as a celebration of all those who participated in that historic election, regardless of who they voted, and a recognition of all those who sacrificed their freedom and lives to challenge the military dictatorship that annuled the election, and the military despot who incarcerated all those who dared to demand for justice and democracy.

The struggle that June 12 inspired, led to the return to democracy in May 29, 1999.


June 12 is Democracy Day, May 29 is Inauguration Day.

Throwback:



It does not have to be Abiola day.

confused people!

5% right now

Throwback:



It is a reminder that the will of the majority people to choose their own leaders should not be vanquished by the few who find themselves in power.

It is a reminder that some fought for this same democracy that others received on a platter, yet they have refused to let people enjoy their rights despite the democracy.

A situation all the Presidents since then, including Buhari, have refused to correct.

And you think this is the next thing to do, among every other thing the nation is facing. Hmph.

Almaiga:
5% right now

No need, Poverty is still killing people in the SW. so what's the point.?

Can he help declare end to killing and recession? This will make a great sense for Nigeria.

Almaiga:
5% right now

June 12, is it part of the administration achievement? For me, our leaders know how to deceive the people. We enjoy politics then asking for development.

Good gesture !

Wrong timing
Wrong motive

He served a government that enthroned him, hostile to him, jailed and killed him ..

This is just a political bait to win the sympathy vote of his region come 2019..

Like I said earlier it a good gesture with aloy of potholes..

June 12, the delicacy cooked and served Oduduwa nation for 2019 election

THE MOVE OF A DESPERATE PRESIDENT
By
Umar Ardo, Ph.D

The desperation of President Buhari to retain power at all costs has again manifested itself in his illegal act of both changing the National Democracy Day and the investiture of National Honours of GCFR posthumously to late MKO Abiola and GCON to Amb. Babagana Kingibe. Having realized that he has lost public support across the country as a result of his dismal performance in office, and poor handling of issues affecting his Political Party, the NASS, the Judiciary and key stakeholders of the country, particularly the Senate President, the Speaker, Presidents Obasanjo and Babangida, the president ill-advisedly came up with the so-called idea of making June 12 as Nigeria's �� Democracy Day and giving National Honours to Abiola and Kingibe.

There're two issues wrong with this move - i.e. legal and moral. Legally, the president has no powers to confer National Honours on anyone without the deliberation and advice of the National Council of States. The Third Schedule of the Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) at Section 6(a)iii confers on the NCS the powers to advise the president on the award of national honours. The fact is that the NCS didn't meet to deliberate and advise on this so-called investiture.

Secondly, the National Public Holidays Act has listed 29 May as a National Holiday being the country's Democracy Day. This means that the president can only change the Democracy Day if the Act is duly amended. And to the best of my knowledge this Act has not been amended. Therefore the president's pronouncement is unlawful and of no moment. The only thing is that his action has but further affirmed the president as a no-respecter of due process of law and constitutionalism.

On the moral side, the president cannot honour Babagana Kingibe on the basis of June 12 because Kingibe had abandoned Chief Abiola and the June 12 mandate when he joined his kinsman, General Abacha, and took a ministerial appointment in that regime. It's morally repugnant to now honour him for such an unsalutary act.

Besides, June 12 had never featured in Buhari's politics. He worked with Abacha who incarcerated Abiola and denied the actualization of the mandate and he never raised the issue of June 12. In his electioneering campaigns in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015, June 12 was never in Buhari's political lexicon. For 3yrs as president he never uttered the phrase June 12. Even last week when he addressed the nation on May 29, June 12 was not mentioned. So how come all of a sudden, like a bolt out of the blue, June 12 became the new political darling of the president? There're three answers to it that I can harzard:-
1. President Buhari has realized that he has lost the support of the Nigerian people, particularly in the Southwest, and so he was tricked into making this palliative in the vein hope of reganering support to his fledging presidency;
2. That he is now at opened war with IBB who annulled the June 12 election and OBJ who is the main beneficiary of the resolution of the June 12 imbroglio, he is made to believe that with this move he would regain his support in the Southwest at the same time rubbish the two former presidents; and
3. Unknown to him, he's playing the political script of Babagana Kingibe and his kinsman, the COS to the president. To all intents and purposes, the two are scheming a succession move to Buhari himself where, in the event of Buhari's leaving office, Kingibe would've been well positioned to succeed him as president. Clearly, in the Northeast, no politician has Kingibe's profile. He was a Permanent Secretary, Ambassador, National Chairman of the SDP, Abiola's Running mate, Minister of Internal and External Affairs and Secretary to the Federal Government. Already, through their scheming, Kingibe has taken over the DNI, SSS and the villa. All they need is to resuscitate the spirit of June 12 to which Kingibe would be the major beneficiary. With the GCON conferred on him, the benefits have started dropping. This is a highly sophisticated political scheming that President Buhari wouldn't perceive.

Nevertheless, the president is so engrossed with the trapping of power and its retention that he could fall for anything. And how big has he fallen! What a great pity for Nigeria ��!! What a great pity!!!