June 12 May Not Be Marked In Lagos, Ekiti As Usual

Indications have emerged that this
year’s celebration of the anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election in the South-West may not be marked with the usual.

Unlike what obtained before, only Osun State declared a public holiday for the event while Lagos will only hold a talk cum symposium. Other states, investigations, revealed, have no definite programmes lined up for the
day. There are six states in the South- West geo-political zone.
In Ekiti, Governor Ayodele Fayose said he would not declare a public holiday in Ekiti State to celebrate June 12.

His Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu
Adelusi, simply said, “No” when asked by our correspondent if the governor would declare a public holiday.

Adelusi did not give a reason for the decision.
The Ondo State Government said it did not declare a public holiday to
commemorate June 12 because the
day fell on a Sunday which is a resting day for public and private workers.

But the state Commissioner for
information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, said apart from the day being a Sunday, the state has a special way of celebrating June 12.
He said, “ We have our own special way of marking June 12, tomorrow (today) will mark four years of our Free Shuttle Bus Scheme and what it stands for is to ensure that we democratise access to good things of life and we want to ensure that we use the instrumentality of government to help the less-privileged.
“Abiola’s philosophy when he was alive was egalitarianism; life abundance for all.

It is not about organising events to mark the day, it is about practising
the tenet, and the practice can be
seen in our programme in Ondo State.”

The Secretary to the Ogun State
Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, told one of our correspondents that the state government would not declare Monday a work-free day in marking this year’s June 12 celebration.

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