{"id":67556,"date":"2025-06-08T11:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67556"},"modified":"2025-06-08T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T11:46:05","slug":"fg-declares-june-12-public-holiday-for-democracy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/08\/fg-declares-june-12-public-holiday-for-democracy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Declares June 12 Public Holiday for Democracy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has declared Thursday, June 12, 2025, a public holiday to mark this year\u2019s Democracy Day.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tunji-Ojo congratulated Nigerians as the nation celebrates 26 years of uninterrupted democratic governance, describing the milestone as a testament to the country\u2019s resilience and political growth.<\/p>\n<p>He said June 12 stands as a symbol of the people\u2019s collective struggle for justice and democratic freedom.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the day represents Nigeria\u2019s continued march toward a society built on truth, justice, peace, and renewed hope.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that democracy is a dynamic system that evolves through active participation and commitment.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the administration\u2019s dedication to democratic principles, assuring that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s government remains focused on promoting the will of the people and advancing the nation\u2019s development in all sectors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Federal Government has declared Thursday, June 12, 2025, a public holiday to mark this year\u2019s Democracy Day. The announcement was made in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67558,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67556\/revisions\/67558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}