Some State Governors Have Declared June 12 As Public Holiday

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has declared Monday, June 12, a work free day for civil servants in the state to mark the 1993 presidential election and adjudged the freest and the fairest in the history of Nigeria.

The governor announced the holiday in a statement issued on Friday by the  Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy, Office of the Governor, Semiu Okanlawon.

The statement said,  “In line with its established policy of observing June 12 of every year as Democracy Day, the State Government of Osun has declared Monday, June 12 as a public holiday.”

In the same veil, Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has directed that Monday, June 12, 2017, be declared as a work free day in honour of the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola.In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, Governor Akeredolu said the late Abiola’s supreme sacrifice culminated in the hurried departure of the military from the political scene in 1999.

As part of the programmes lined up to celebrate the day, the government is organizing a lecture, with the theme: “June 12: A celebration of courage and resilience’.

The event will hold at the International Events and Culture Centre (The Dome) in Akure.

Eminent Nigerians, including notable activists, are lined up to grace the event.

Hon. Wale Oshun is chairman of the occasion, while human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, will be the guest speaker.

Akeredolu asked politicians across the country to always demonstrate their unquenchable love for the country.