June 12: Buhari asks Malami to gazette Abiolas GCFR
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president muhammadu buhari has directed the attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice mallam shehu malami to take immediate steps to gazette the presidential order awarding the nations highest honours to chief mko abiola and two others1 the order will be publishedin the federal gazette as announced yesterday by president buhari1 chief mko abiola grand commander of the federal republic posthumous1 ambassador baba gana kingibe grand commander of the order of the niger1 chief gani fawehinmi -grand commander of the order of the niger posthumous1 the president also directed that this should be done so that the awards slated for june 12 2018 can go on as planned1 president buhari in an earth-shaking move on wednesday declared that henceforth june 12 will be observed as democracy day in nigeria and that some heroes of democracy be given national honours1 babagana kingibe was abiolas running mate in the annulled june 12 election in 1993 while chief gani fawehinmi was the human rights crusader who campaigned for the actualisation of june 121 the presidents action has been roundly applauded even by his political opponents1