The National Assembly has passed the amendment to the National Holiday Act to move Nigeria’s Democracy Day from May twenty-ninth to June twelfth. The Senate at the plenary today passed the amendment in concurrence with the House of Representatives which approved the new date earlier in December 2018.
The passage followed the adoption of a report by the Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, for the Senate to concur with the House. The legislation is now billed for transmission to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Buhari had in June 2018 declared that the Democracy Day would henceforth hold on June 12 of every year.
The President made the declaration as the Federal Government honoured the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, with a posthumous conferment of the highest national award, Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, on him.
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