Oyo and Ogun State Governments
have declared Monday, June 12, 2017 as work-free day in the state.
Secretary to the Ogun State
Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli in a statement made available to journalists on
Friday said Governor Abiola Ajimobi approved Monday as work-free day to
commemorate the annulment of the anniversary of the June 12, 1993 elections, generally
believed to have been won by late Chief MKO Abiola.
He said the government will use
the anniversary to honour the martyrdom of Chief Abiola, who laid down his life
for Nigerians to enjoy the democratic dividends of today.
Similarly, the Ogun State
Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has declared Monday, June 12, 2017 as
work-free day.
A statement issued on Friday in
Abeokuta, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, said
the annual holiday is in honour of the late illustrious son of the state, Chief
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, widely believed to have won the annulled June
12, 1993 Presidential election, which marked a unique watershed in Nigeria’s
democracy.
The statement reads in part,
“This year’s celebration will feature the annual ‘Democracy Walk’, which will
be led by the governor, starting from the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto,
Abeokuta at 7am.
“The walk is expected to take
participants through major roads in the state capital to the Abiola family
homestead at Oke-Ido, Gbagura, Abeokuta North Local Government Area, where
special prayers and speeches will be made.
“Later in the day, an
inspirational stage play, ‘Oju Kelekun’ (farewell to reproach), directed by
Prof. Bakare Ojo Rasaki, will be performed at the June 12 Cultural Centre,
between 3:45 and 6:00pm.”
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