Declare June 12 Democracy Day - LASG tells Buhari

The Lagos State Government has charged the President-
elect , Muhammadu Buhari to declare June 12 Democracy
Day in honour of the late politician, Moshood Kashimao
Abiola , MKO .
Special Adviser to the Governor on Political and
Legislative Powers Bureau , Muslim Folami , made the call
at a ministerial press conference in Alausa , Lagos,
southwest Nigeria on Monday.
He said there was need for the Buhari administration to
declare June 12 Democracy Day rather than May 29 in
view of the sacrifice Abiola made in the entrenchment of
democracy in Nigeria .
Folami stated that the Lagos State Government would
make representation to the government of Buhari to look
for a way to make June 12 Democracy Day to immortalise
Abiola .
“ It is not only the Lagos State Government that is crying
for June 12 to be made Democracy Day, but many
Nigerians because Abiola paid the supreme price for our
democracy . We will talk to the government in power that
this is what people are asking for . Now that our man will
now be at the helm of affairs, we believe June 12 will be
earmarked as Democracy Day and not May 29 , ” he said.
General Muhammadu Buhari
Folami also defended the Lagos State House of Assembly
for not passing the Freedom of Information , FOI bill since
2012 even when Ekiti State passed the same FOI into law
two years ago under the administration of former
Governor Kayode Fayemi .
He said there were due processes to be followed when
passing such a crucial bill that is meant to enhance press
freedom , explaining that there might be a mistake
somewhere which is delaying the passage of the bill .
However , 26 bills were still pending before the Lagos
State House of Assembly about a month left for the
dissolution of the Assembly in June .
Some of the bills have been pending since 2012 . They are
Lagos State Revenue Administration Bills, 2012 ; Lagos
State House of Assembly Budget and Legislative Research
Office Bill , 2012 ; Freedom of Information Bill , 2012 ; Lagos
State Sunset Agency Bill , 2013 ; Lagos State Health
Management Agency Bill, 2014 ; Lagos State Properties
Protection Bill , 2013 ; Lagos State Examinations Board
Bill , 2014 ; Lagos State Anti - Terrorism Bill , 2012 , among
others.
However , Folami , while speaking on terrorism , said there
was need for increased intelligence and counter - terrorism
actions against terrorism in the country , saying that
multi - national military cooperation and foreign military
assistance were strongly advocated with disclosed
parameters of engagement to secure the sovereignty of
Nigeria .
He also made a case for State Police , saying there was
need for it now or in the future so as to police the states
effectively as federal police force was inadequate for the
teeming populace .