Speaker of the Lagos State Home of Meeting, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the conferment of nationwide honours by President Bola Tinubu, on a few of the personalities who laboured or misplaced their lives for Nigeria’s democracy as a potent panacea for therapeutic age-long historic grievances.
In a press release signed by Adeshina Oyetayo, Particular Adviser on Analysis, Media, and Documentation to the Speaker, Obasa recalled that the President began dwelling as much as his phrases since 2024 by declaring June 12 a public vacation to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day, honouring activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight different Ogoni martyrs executed by the regime of Basic Sani Abacha for alleged homicide in November 1994, and now granting them full pardon and posthumous nationwide honours.
He stated, “Remembering to honour these distinguished Nigerians, a few of whom sacrificed their lives for the democracy that we get pleasure from in the present day, is a really patriotic, honourable, and commendable factor to do by Mr. President.
“This gesture underscores Mr President’s promise final yr that he would tackle historic grievances by fostering dialogue, reconciliation, and therapeutic amongst all ethnic nationalities that make up our nice nation.”
He additional described the nationwide honours conferment as “an indubitable reminder that the labour of our heroes previous shall by no means be in useless, and constructing blocks to bequeathing an amazing, affluent, and united nation that posterity can be happy with.”
It will be recalled that in his June 12 Democracy Day tackle to a joint sitting of the Nationwide Meeting in Abuja, on Thursday, President Tinubu introduced 139 Nationwide Honours to recognise the excellent contributions of heroes who’ve formed Nigeria’s democracy.
Notably, the President stated, “68 of those honours have been awarded posthumously, acknowledging the enduring legacy of their sacrifices. As well as, I exercised my constitutional powers to grant a presidential pardon to the ‘Ogoni 9,’ who have been additionally honoured with nationwide recognition.”
A few of the nationalists honoured embrace Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka (GCON); Basic Shehu Musa Yar’Adua (GCFR), late Pa. Alfred Rewane (CFR), late Chief Bola Ige (CFR), and late Kudirat Abiola, the slain spouse of Chief MKO Abiola, the presumptive winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, considered the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s electoral odyssey.
Please comply with and like us:
