Politics
With failures of this govt Fawehinmi would’ve rejected Buhari’s award –NCP
The National Conscience Party (NCP) on Thursday reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day, and the proposed posthumous award to the founder of the NCP, the late legal luminary, Gani Fawehinmi.
The chairman of the party, Mr. Fatai Ibu-Owo, while applauding Buhari’s decision on June 12, however said that Fawehinmi would have rejected Buhari’s award based on the inability of his government to address issues of killings, poor economy and unmet aspirations of the masses, for which cause he fought all his life.
Ibu-Owo stated this while reacting to the June 12 development during an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
According to him, the June 12, 1993 presidential election was adjudged the most peaceful and fairest in Nigeria where the will of the citizens prevailed.
Ibu-Owo, who described the supposed winner of the election, the late Chief MKO Abiola a symbol of democracy and justice, insisted that the NCP had nothing to celebrate in the Federal Government’s decision to give a posthumous award to Fawehinmi.
Buhari, while declaring June 12 as Democracy Day, had also listed MKO and Fawehinmi as those he would give a posthumous national award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR).
READ ALSO: House in rowdy session over declaration of June 12 as new Democracy Day
But Ibu-Owo said, “Fawehinmi would have rejected the award in view of the prevailing situation in the country – the killings, issues in the economy and unmet aspirations of the masses, for which cause he fought all his life.
“He would have asked the government to forget the award and fix the problems of the country. He once turned down a national award for the same reason.”
RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears
Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...