The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Thursday said Southeast governors should declare May 30 a public holiday to mark the Biafra War. Amadi said there should be a Biafra Memorial Day in Nigeria.
This is coming amid the shutting down of the Southeast in compliance with the sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra,
. and other pro-Biafra groups had set aside May 30 each year to remember those who paid the supreme price during the Biafra civil war. Posting on X, Amadi wrote: 'By the way, why can't Southeast Governors declare May 30 a public holiday to mark the civil war and honor the heroes who died? Nations remember such events. There should be Biafra memorial 'As Governor, I will declare the 30th of May a holiday with public lectures and commemorative events.
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