By Oluwaseun Sonde
As part of the activities lined up to commemorate this year Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on broadcast Sunday June 12, 2022.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this at the Press Conference, Abuja on Thursday, as this year's celebration will mark the fourth time that the Day will be marked on June 12, following
celebrations in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Recalled in June 2018, the President directed that Nigeria's Democracy Day, marked every May 29, be shifted
to June 12 to honour Moshood Abiola, winner of the 1993 presidential election.
The Minister said after the inter-ministerial committee's work, the following programmes have been scheduled to celebrate the 2022
Democracy Day: A public lecture is scheduled to hold tomorrow, Friday 10th June, at the National Mosque here in Abuja at 9am.
This will be followed, on the same day and the same venue, by
Juma'at Service at noon. On Sunday, June 12, there will be presidential broadcast in the morning, also there will be a Church Service at the
National Christian Centre at 3pm.
Then on Monday, June 13th, a Ceremonial Parade will be held at
the Eagle Square starting from 9am, while noted that attendance at these events are strictly by invitation and in line with the Covid 19 protocol
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