The Presidency has clarified that
the inauguration of President Buhari for a second term will hold on May 29th
and not June 12th as is being speculated.
There have been reports that the
inauguration will hold on June 12th which the Federal government last year
declared as Democracy day.
However in an interview with
Punch, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,
Garba Shehu, said there is no truth to the report as President Buhari will be
inaugurated for his second term on Wednesday, May 29th.
“There is no truth in that
report. As a matter of fact, we will soon issue a statement on it to clear the
air. The President was inaugurated for his first term in office on May 29,
2015. He ceases to be President on May 29, 2019, if he is not inaugurated for
his second term on that day.
Buhari last year changed the
nation’s Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12 of every year. A bill he sent to
the National Assembly to amend the nation’s Public Holidays Act has since been
passed into law. The declaration was part of the decision taken to honour the
winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief
M.K.O. Abiola.
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