Commendation
By Victor Adeoti
Osogbo, June 7, 2018 (NAN) Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a member of the Osun House of Assembly, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for declaring June 12 as the new Democracy Day.
Oyintiloye, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Osogbo, said the June 12 declaration was a bold step by the president to “ rewrite the wrongs done to the political history of the nation.’’
The lawmaker said that the president’s decision, which came 25 years after the freest presidential election ever held in the history of Nigeria, was heart warming .
Oyintiloye, who is the House Committee Chairman on Information and Strategy, said the declaration of June 12 as the new Democracy Day had provided a psychological therapy and soothing effect on the psyche of the nation, especially among the people of the South West Zone.
He said the president had demonstrated beyond every reasonable doubt that truth would always overtake falsehood.
Oyintiloye (APC-Obokun) said Buhari’s magnanimous decision had reassured the civilised world that the president has respect for popular opinion and remains sensitive to public sensibilities and consciousness of history.
“ The lesson here is that leaders should do the right thing at all times because time heals any wound inflicted on humanity,’’ Oyintiloye said.
The lawmaker urged the president to sustain the tempo and ensure that liberty and rule of law remain the cardinal principles of his administration.(NAN)
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(Edited by Mufutau Ojo)