Democracy Day: Tinubu cancels national broadcast, reason, details emerge

• For the archetypal clip successful caller years, Nigerians volition not witnesser a subject parade oregon a greeting broadcast from the President connected Democracy Day connected June 12, 2025
• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu volition alternatively present his code during a associated league of the National Assembly connected Thursday
• The Director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen, confirmed this successful a connection connected Wednesday and shared further details

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering political parties and movements.

State House, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cancelled the antecedently scheduled nationwide broadcast successful commemoration of Nigeria’s 26th Democracy Day anniversary.

In a connection connected Wednesday, June 11, the Director of Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen, attributed the alteration to President Tinubu’s scheduled attendance astatine a associated league of the National Assembly connected Thursday, June 12.

He added that the president volition alternatively present his Democracy Day code straight from the National Assembly chambers.

“Due to President Bola Tinubu scheduled attendance astatine the National Assembly Joint Session, the Presidential National Broadcast connected June 12 has been cancelled. President Tinubu volition present his code from the National Assembly, ” Imohiosen said.

He added that different scheduled activities to people the time volition proceed arsenic planned.

Earlier, a announcement sent to journalists announced the cancellation of the accepted subject parade initially scheduled to people the 26th Democracy Day solemnisation connected Thursday, June 12, 2025.

No authoritative crushed was fixed for the cancellation of the subject parade.

The announcement besides said the president volition besides enactment successful a peculiar associated league of the National Assembly aboriginal successful the time astatine 12 noon.

The notice, signed by Abdulhakeem Adeoye connected behalf of the Director, Information & Public Relations successful the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, outlined a revised docket of events.

It read:

“The Inter-Ministerial Committee wishes to denote the pursuing developments connected the 26th Democracy Day celebration:“1. Presidential National Broadcast connected June 12, 2025, astatine 7 a.m.2. No Democracy Day Parade.3. H.E. President Bola Tinubu is to be the National Assembly Joint Session astatine 12 noon.4. Public Lecture connected Democracy Day Celebration astatine the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. Time: 4 pm.“Theme: Consolidating connected the Gains of Nigeria’s Democracy: Necessity of Enduring Reforms.”

The committee besides directed that the nationalist lecture, which volition beryllium held astatine the State House Conference Centre, volition beryllium covered exclusively by accredited State House correspondents.

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Source: Legit.ng