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June 12 becomes statutory Democracy Day

Legislation made June 12 Nigeria's Democracy Day, replacing May 29 as the official symbolic commemoration.

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June 2019

June 12 becomes statutory Democracy Day

Legislation made June 12 Nigeria's Democracy Day, replacing May 29 as the official symbolic commemoration.

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Legislation made June 12 Nigeria's Democracy Day, replacing May 29 as the official symbolic commemoration. The change recentered democracy memory around the annulled 1993 mandate.

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