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DEMOCRACY DAY
After the commencement and decline of so many Republics, Nigeria finally has been on the full democratic track for 14 years now.
It is one thing that we have to rejoice for as a Nation especially on a day like this when the return to this current democratic governance is being commemorated.
Take a look back to May 29th 1999 and see Abdusallami Abubakar handing over the reigns of Power to Olusegun Obasanjo after he had taken the oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance, and you would be proud of the process that led to that occasion.
But it should not be forgotten that the struggle for the enthronement of democracy actually started with the annulment of the widely acclaimed free and fair elections of June 12 1993 which our then Military President - Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida did.
Today we remember all those who lost their lives in the protests that followed that annulment and we salute the courage of all those who stood for and behind the agitation for democracy.
14 years are long enough to actually taste the dividends of democracy but even if they tarry, just like someone had earlier said "the worst democratic governance is BETTER than the best benevolent military authocracy" Patience and long suffering would help!!!!!
Happy Democracy day to all Nigerians
One Love people
Your Brother and Friend
Dr. Jerry - the First
After the commencement and decline of so many Republics, Nigeria finally has been on the full democratic track for 14 years now.
It is one thing that we have to rejoice for as a Nation especially on a day like this when the return to this current democratic governance is being commemorated.
Take a look back to May 29th 1999 and see Abdusallami Abubakar handing over the reigns of Power to Olusegun Obasanjo after he had taken the oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance, and you would be proud of the process that led to that occasion.
But it should not be forgotten that the struggle for the enthronement of democracy actually started with the annulment of the widely acclaimed free and fair elections of June 12 1993 which our then Military President - Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida did.
Today we remember all those who lost their lives in the protests that followed that annulment and we salute the courage of all those who stood for and behind the agitation for democracy.
14 years are long enough to actually taste the dividends of democracy but even if they tarry, just like someone had earlier said "the worst democratic governance is BETTER than the best benevolent military authocracy" Patience and long suffering would help!!!!!
Happy Democracy day to all Nigerians
One Love people
Your Brother and Friend
Dr. Jerry - the First
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