Lagos State: Ambode Declares June 12 Public Holiday.

Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode.

The Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has declared Friday, June 12 as a work-free day in the state in commemoration of the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections.

This is contained in a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Habib Aruna.

 

Ambode is quoted as stating that residents “should spend the day in sober reflection and in remembrance of the martyrs of the June 12 elections struggle in prayers for laying the foundation of the democracy which the nation is now enjoying.”