Nigerians are standing still to honour the legendary winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections in Nigeria.
MKO Abiola
Would the socio-economic and political fortunes of Nigeria have
been better if late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the
annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, had been allowed to assume
power?
Answers to this question are diverse and perhaps academic but a
host of pro-democracy activists and leaders believe that if Abiola had
been allowed to implement his 10-point ‘’Farewell to poverty’’ programme, the country will not be swimming in avalanche of problems that are at the verge of dismembering her.
Although, the South-West, Abiola’s geo-political zone, has been
allowed to produce the president (through Chief Olusegun Obasanjo also
from Ogun State as Abiola) for eight years, some stakeholders insist
that the ghost of June 12 has not been exorcised because our leaders are
yet to banish poverty and ensure an egalitarian society where equity
and justice will reign.
It is therefore not surprising that a host of leaders will gather
today at the late business mogul’s Ikeja, Lagos home to commemorate June
12 as they have been doing since 1994. Indeed, the 24th anniversary of
the event being organised by the June 12 Democracy Movement is themed: ‘’June 12 and The Hope of Equitable Restructuring for Nigeria.’’
Already, most of the South-West states have declared today as a
work-free day to enable their citizenry mark the event. States that have
declared holidays include Lagos, Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Oyo and Ondo.
Expected at Abiola’s house, today, for the June 12 anniversary are
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who will chair the ceremony; former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar, the keynote speaker; and Professor Wole
Soyinka, the father of the day.
Chairman of the organising committee, Mr Olukayode Salako, said
the historic programme will start at 8am and end at 12 noon and a
panel of selected eminent Nigerians from across the six geopolitical
zones of the country will pay tributes and engage the gathering in a
sober reflections on the state of Nigeria’s democracy.
‘’If there is anything which has changed our country for the
better today, it is the resolve of some Nigerians to make sacrifices or
even die for democratic governance for Nigeria. MKO Abiola was one of
these heroic Nigerians, who paid the supreme price with his life for us
all to attain the present civil rule in Nigeria,” he said.
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