The address, scheduled to hold at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, will take place at a special joint sitting in the House of Representatives chamber, beginning at 11:00 am. President Tinubu is expected to arrive by noon.
Democracy Day is marked annually in Nigeria on June 12 in remembrance of the annulled 1993 presidential election, widely regarded as the freest and fairest in the country’s history.
The poll was won by the late Moshood Abiola but was annulled by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (retd).
House of Representatives spokesman, Akin Rotimi, disclosed the planned address in a statement on Sunday, June 8, citing an internal memo from the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria.
