Akere charged the people to ponder on the importance of May 29 and June 12 and demand the National Assembly to ratify which of the two days should be declared as Democracy Day. According to the Commissioner, June 12 is remarkable in the history of the nation’s journey to democratic governance, saying if it was not for the crisis generated by June 12, 1993 election, handing over to democratic governance on May 29, 1999 would not have been realisable.
Also in his lecture, Anjous said leadership requires a lot of responsibilities to make people focus in their bid to achieve self-development and nation building, particularly in a heterogeneous country like Nigeria.
He also hinged on the need for Nigerians to ask questions from their leaders, as a way to make leaders responsible and alive to their duties, rather watch them getting away with corrupt acts.
Anjous also charged political leaders to be passionate about the plight of their followers, saying many leaders in the past dod not care about their people, noting that this has limited the level of confidence people have in government.
In his address, the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Barrister Kolapo Alimi, said even when the people have been denied access to democratic dividends in the nation’s 15 years of democracy, it has opened the path to ask questions about governance.
He said the process in the State of Osun has shown that no matter the shortcoming of civilian rule, it is better than military administration.
The climax of the programme was the decoration of some individuals with several awards of excellence in service, notable among them was the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. (Mrs) Temitope Ilori.
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