The 2024 Democracy Day celebration billed for Wednesday, June 12, will be historic and expected to be markedly different from past occasions.
It is the second Democracy Day that President Bola Tinubu will be marking since he assumed power on May 29, 2023.
Last year, while marking Democracy Day, Tinubu, who was barely two weeks in office, said the fierce opposition to the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and the unrelenting pro-democracy onslaught it unleashed was the equivalent of the battle against colonial rule by our founding fathers that resulted in the gaining of Nigeria’s independence in 1960.
“I admit that the decision will impose an extra burden on the masses of our people. I feel your pain. “The democracy MKO Abiola died for is one that promotes the welfare of the people over the personal interests of the ruling class and one where the governed can find personal fulfilment and happiness. That is the hope MKO Abiola ignited throughout our country in 1993.”While Abiola campaigned with ‘Hope’ and ‘Farewell to poverty’ manifesto, Tinubu campaigned with ‘Renewed Hope Agenda.’Tinubu also hails from South-West and is a Muslim, and had a Muslim running mate from the North.
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“There is no doubt, we would have moved from the present condition we find ourselves; we have no true leaders. We got it wrong when Obasanjo came in. “The situation became worse when Buhari took the mantle of leadership. “Most of my colleagues in the corridor of the Villa were apostles of June 12, which made me to believe that they fought a tribal and regional agenda unknown to some of us.
“It is one of the biggest ironies in the political history of Nigeria that one of the supposedly big drivers of June 12 is not only responsible for literally killing the movement but now wants to bury it once and for all. “However, that will be impossible. As long as NADECO lives, the June 12 movement shall continue forever.
“The 2023 election was a divine renewal handwriting on the wall that in exactly 30 years, from 1993 to 2023, God has codedly renewed the June 12 movement. “In my opinion, no lessons have been learned. The electoral processes have become increasingly worse.“A cursory look at the history of elections since 1999 shows that each election cycle has become increasingly worse than the preceding one.
“In the area of nationhood, which the June 12, 1993 election nearly cured its absence in Nigeria, Nigeria has taken 20 steps backwards. “Merit and unity were what June 12 represented. We have discarded them on the altar of ethnicity and religion.Tinubu understands Nigeria’s problems, addressing issues – Rahman
“The issues thrown up in the June 12 election annulment episode are about justice and ensuring that the will of the people is respected. “Along with several others, he fought for the ouster of the military and re-birth of democracy even at great risks to his life.
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