President Tinubu cancels national broadcast, to address Nigerians from National Assembly
The Presidential National Broadcast of President Bola Tinubu earlier scheduled for 7am in commemoration of Democracy Day on June 12 has been cancelled.
This was contained in a statement by Director, the Information and Public Relations, Segun Imohiosen, on Wednesday,June 11.
According to the statement, this is due to the scheduled attendance of the President at the joint session of the National Assembly joint session on Thursday where the President is expected to deliver an address.
“Due to H.E President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, scheduled attendance at the National Assembly Joint Session, the Presidential National Broadcast on June 12 has been cancelled.
President Bola Ahmed will deliver his address from the National Assembly. All other plans are in order as announced earlier,” the statement read in part.
The President had been scheduled to address the nation at 7 am on Thursday as part of activities to mark the celebration before attending a joint session of the National Assembly at the National Assembly complex in Abuja.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Democracy Day, in a statement issued by Abdulhakeem Adeoye on behalf of the committee’s Director, Information and Public Relations on Wednesday, said Tinubu would, after his address, attend a joint session of the National Assembly at noon.
Adeoye also said there would be no Democracy Day parade while a public lecture on the Democracy Day celebration would be held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, at 4 pm.
