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Buhari signs June 12 bill

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Buhari receiving the Presidential Panel Report on reform of Special Anti-Robbery Squad-SARS (2018), from the Chairman of the Panel on Police Reform, Barrister Tony Ojukwu, at the State House, Abuja. Photo/Twitter/AsoRock

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has signed June 12 bill into law.

Senator Ita Enang, presidential aide on National Assembly matters, told state house correspondents that with the assent to the amendment, May 29 is no more a public holiday.

President Buhari assented to the Public Holiday Amendment Act, declaring June 12 of every year a public holiday and Democracy Day.

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