PHOTO NEWS: Shettima, Kingibe, Akume, Boss Mustapha grace Democracy Day Lecture

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Vice President Kashim Shettima, June 12, 1993 elected Vice President Babagana Kingibe, Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, Ministers of Budget and National Planning Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Information Idris Mohammed and Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari were among dignitaries that attended the Democracy Day Lecture yesterday evening at the State House Banquet Hall.

Other appointees at the event included Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination Hadiza Bala-Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication Sunday Dare and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Special Duties Tunde Rahman among others.

Vice President Shettima who represented the President at the Lecture praised the courage of the with winner of June 12 Presidential election Chief MKO Abiola and other pro-democracy activists for fighting for the restoration of democratic governance in Nigeria at the risk to their lives and businesses.

The VP wrote on social media:

“This evening, I represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at a public lecture commemorating Nigeria’s 26th Democracy Anniversary, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“In my remarks, I said history chose to return the baton in the struggle for the soul of democracy to one of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola’s most trusted lieutenants, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, decades after the June 12 debacle.

“I noted that while hope was one thing they could not take or extinguish from the final account of Abiola’s life, it is the faith in the promise of Abiola’s vision that has renewed the nation’s hope in what he termed “the great theatre of providence.”

“I described the late MKO Abiola as a patriot who surrendered all he had for the soul of Nigeria, and whose sacrifice became the compass of the nation’s democracy.”