Democracy Day:  Buratai  Congratulates Tinubu, Calls On UN To Declare June 12 World Democracy Day

<h4>Democracy Day<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that former Chief of Army Staff&comma; Lt Gen Tukur Buratai&comma; Rtd&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;has congratulated&comma; His Excellency&comma; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of the 2023 Democracy Day celebrations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an official statement made available to journalists&comma; Buratai who also served as Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin&comma; commended Tinubu and all Nigerians in the historic feat of enshrining democracy in the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;<em><strong>I congratulate H&period;E&period; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR&comma; President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the occasion of 2023 Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Democracy Day Celebrations&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&&num;8221&semi; H&period;E&period; Bola Ahmed Tinubu&&num;8217&semi;s emergence as the 16th democratically elected President of Nigeria is another milestone in Nigeria’s march to an enduring democracy&period; Mr President has seen it all in his struggle to ensure democracy takes root in Nigeria&period; His years in the trenches in the early 1990s brought him out as a true democrat&period; Congratulations Your Excellency&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;I also congratulate Nigerians for their resilience since 1999 to ensure democracy is sustained through their votes&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&&num;8221&semi; With President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic saddle &comma; his Renewed Hope Agenda is a sure way to Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s greatness in all ramifications of national development&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&&num;8221&semi; Mr President has started in the right direction&period; Therefore&comma; it is incumbent on us as Nigerians to support him to achieve his vision&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Let me also pay tribute to Chief MKO Abiola GCFR for his democratic sacrifice which we are celebrating&period; This is a clear confirmation that his sacrifice is not in vain&period; His spirits of selflessness&comma; patriotism&comma; and unity are worthy of emulation by all democratic leaders nationally and globally&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Abiola was an international figure who fought for reparation as restitution for the injustices done to the black race worldwide&period; I&comma; therefore&comma; call on the United Nations &lpar;UN&rpar; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>to declare 12 June every year as World Democracy Day&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&&num;8221&semi; It is an honour well deserved by Chief MKO Abiola of blessed memory and all lovers of democracy by the international community&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;