STATE OF OSUN DECLARES JUNE 12 A PUBLIC HOLIDAY

State of Osun Government has declared  public holiday on June 12 to mark democracy day in the state.

 Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr Obawole Adebisi said in a statement at osogbo that the public holiday was in line with a policy of the state to observe June 12 as Democracy Day every year.

He also said that the present administration had since been observing June 12 as Democracy Day in remembrance of the 1993 presidential election.

The commissioner said Governor of  the state of osun, Rauf Aregbesola had always maintained June 12, 1993 as the day democracy was born in Nigeria. he  added that Aregbesola’s stance on June 12 as Democracy Day had been justified by President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of the day as Nigeria’s democracy day instead of May 29.

 he said:“We also commend the President for honouring Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election with a posthumous award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR).The state government of Osun commends the President on this righteous step of honouring June 12 and key players of the 1993 presidential election, 25 years after. The Government of the State of Osun has, therefore, declared Tuesday, June 12 a public holiday."

It will be recalled that the president  announced that effective 2019, Nigeria’s Democracy Day, marked every May 29 for the past 18 years, would now be celebrated on June 12.

The move accordind to President Buhari was to honour MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election.