President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians to defend the country’s constitutional democracy, saying the current democratic rule may not be perfect but ‘it’s our” and will must continue to “defend and strengthen it.”
The Nigerian leader made the admonition in his nationwide broadcast to commemorate this year’s democracy Day celebrations.
The federal government had on Thursday declared a national holiday in remembrance of Nigeria’s heroes of democracy, including the winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, Chief Moshood Kasimawo Abiola.
The late President Muhammadu Buhari officially declared June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day on June 6, 2018.
According to President Tinubu is his today’s speech, Nigerians must do all on their part to ensure that the nation’s democracy survives, saying the current civilian rule may not be totally perfect, but has enabled Nigerians to elect their leaders, through the ‘ballot box” in a “peaceful” transitions of” power”.
Tinubu stressed that this is the first time the nation has witnessed the longest civilian rule in her history for unbroken 27 years without any disruptions, adding that disagreements have also been resolved through the courts and not by violent means.
“We have experienced the longest stretch of civilian rule in our history. Our democracy is not perfect, but it is ours, and we must continue to defend and strengthen it,” Tinubu stated.
Since the country returned to Constitutional democracy in 1999, after a long period of military rule, successive administrations in the country have called on Nigerians to protect the civilian rule, describing it as the best.
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