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June 12 Declared As Public Holiday In Lagos To Honour Late MKO Abiola
June 11, 2014 – Fashola Declares Thursday June 12, A Public Holiday / Work Free Day In Lagos To Honour Late MKO Abiola
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has declared tomorrow June 12th, 2014 as a public holiday in Lagos state Nigeria to honour the late Nigerian politician, Chief Moshood Abiola.
This is to commemorate the June 12, 1993 annulled presidential election won by the late Moshood Abiola.
The approval was made known in a circular distributed today in Lagos.
The circular reads, “in commemoration of June 12, 1993 as significant in the actualization of Democracy in Nigeria, it is hereby notified for general information that His Excellency, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, the Governor of Lagos State, has approved Thursday, 12th June, 2014 as a work free day.”

Damilare Omape
June 11, 2014 at 3:19 PM
Nigerian government are very liberal with holiday.
I don’t think dis one is really necessary
what impact did MKO made when he was alive?
bezo
June 11, 2014 at 3:19 PM
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D Hunter
June 11, 2014 at 3:37 PM
I tink it shld b a National public holiday n nt just in Lagos State only.
jashol
June 11, 2014 at 4:02 PM
Too many holidays in nigeria. Do they ever think of the impact on the economy?
truth
June 11, 2014 at 4:18 PM
for what? for stealling billions of naira? anyway he is not here so this is rubbish.
mulikat
June 11, 2014 at 4:50 PM
Thank You Our best Gov.in so call Nigeria,i will like all S.west to make June 12 Public Holiday afterall is Omo Odu,that wine elecetion all over this so call nigeria,but Amry refused to hand over,then later kill him RIP,why you enter this dirty game call politics firstb place,God give u money,name and Kankanfo of yoruba people.
shalewa
June 11, 2014 at 8:25 PM
@ Damilare, think very well b4 u write ur comment
Danti
June 12, 2014 at 4:06 AM
Wa sere Egbon! ( good one bro meen)
ola
June 12, 2014 at 5:58 AM
Na naija mumu pass 4africa. Wetin M.K.O do 4 our country. If we even wan celebrate person no b person wey don pocket our moni. we 4 dey celebrate our past hero but we no get any hero 4naija, all our past leader contribute 2make naija worst, We don’t like ourselves in naija, d people wey don comment support dis mumu holiday cos dem b yoruba , we no unite 4dis country cos our past leader no work on uniting our country. Dem just dey pocket moni. GOD bless naija and ALLA bless naija.
dat cute Orobo
June 12, 2014 at 10:17 AM
i dont knw y some peeps don’t think before they talk, who says June 12 is celebrating M.K.O Abiola? dint u read the circular, it says its celebrating the actualization of democracy in Nigeria.