PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AMBASSADOR ENIKANOLAIYE ON HIS BIRTHDAY. (PHOTO).
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AMBASSADOR ENIKANOLAIYE ON HIS BIRTHDAY President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, on his birthday. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, indicates that the President describes Ambassador Enikanolaiye as a distinguished diplomat, accomplished administrator and dedicated public servant whose career reflects professionalism, patriotism and a deep commitment to Nigeria. Ambassador Enikanolaiye served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 1982 to August 2017, rising through the ranks to become Permanent Secretary. He later served as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and International Relations before he was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. President Tinubu commends the celebrant’s significant contributions to Nige...
The Lagos State Government today sunday declared tomorrow monday public holiday to mark June 12 celebration in the State,saying that the State remains committed to the ideals of the annulled 1993 Presidential election.In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government,Mr Tunji Bello on behalf of the State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode,the government said the holiday was in honour of the ideas which June 12,1993 Presidential election represents being a day that the country experienced an election that was adjudged as the freest and fairest in Nigeria's history.The Governor said 24 years after,the ideals of June 12 commemoration were worth celebrating,describing the day as one of the most defining moments of the country's political history which has positively shaped its democratic rule.Governor Ambode said the time has come for Nigerians to go beyond the commemoration and entrench a viable democracy as a way to immortalise the late presumed winner of June 12,1993 Presidential election,Chief M.K.O Abiola through the practice of true federalism and conduct of credible and fair elections.He said ''June 12,1993 is a day we must not forget in the annals of our democratic history.Our present democratic experience may still be far from the ideal but we must all make concerted efforts to entrench fiscal federalism which is the only way to achieve true nationhood''.
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