The Presidency has said
there is no truth in reports that the Federal Government is considering
shifting the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term from
May 29 to June 12.
The Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the
clarification in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday.
Media reports last week
claimed Buhari would be inaugurated on June 12, the day the government has
declared as the country’s new Democracy Day.
But Shehu told our
correspondent that the President’s first term would expire on May 29, 2019,
having been inaugurated on May 29, 2015.
He said those who were
behind the reports were only attempting to cause confusion in the polity.
The presidential spokesman
promised that the Presidency would soon issue a statement on the matter.
He said, “There is no truth
in that report. As a matter of fact, we will soon issue a statement on it to
clear the air.
“The President was
inaugurated for his first term in office on May 29, 2015. He ceases to be
President on May 29, 2019, if he is not inaugurated for his second term on that
day.
“For the avoidance of
doubt, there is no plan to shift the President’s inauguration to June 12. The
inauguration will hold on May 29. Those claiming that the inauguration will be
shifted to June 12 are only trying to cause confusion in the polity. It is not
true.”
Buhari had last year
changed the nation’s Democracy Day from May 29 to June 12 of every year.
A bill he sent to the
National Assembly to amend the the nation’s Public Holidays Act had since been
passed into law.
The declaration was part of
the decision taken to honour the winner of the annulled June 12, 1993
presidential election, the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola.
The President had also at
the time honoured Abiola with the highest national honour of the Grand
Commander of the Federal Republic, posthumously.
He also honoured Abiola’s
running mate in the election, Babagana Kingibe, with the second highest
national honour, Grand Commander of the Order of Niger.
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