Nigeria: May 29 Remains Nigeria's Inauguration Day - Senate

The Senate yesterday agreed with President Muhammadu Buhari that June 12 every year will now be celebrated as Democracy Day, but, however, insisted that May 29 would retain its status as the inauguration date for elected public officers, from the president to state governors.

Since May 1999 when Nigeria returned to democratic governance with the swearing-in of the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, the date has been observed as the day to inaugurate a new administration after a general election following a four-year tenure

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