In the years after the merger of June 12 and May 29 Democracy festivals into one, may MKO Abiola continue to rest in perfect peace, while the nation...
Buhari is right to hope that replacing May 29 with June 12 as Democracy Day can accelerate the healing process
Such discussion in the years after the coming of Obasanjo’s presidency includes auditing the struggle by NADECO in the manner of cost-and-benefit analysis.
When President Buhari remarked that the proclamation to merge June 12 and May 29 annual festivals was a “part of the process of healing and reconciliation, I approved the recognition of June 12 as Democracy Day and invested the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola and Babagana Kingibe with National Honours, as I did with the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi….
In both 2019 and 2020, Democracy Day has taken the form of a hegemonic ritual that allows the ruling group to catalogue its achievements and list or re-list its priorities, with little reference to old and new challenges to democratic culture in the country.
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