However, he expressed regret that Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo who was the nation’s post- 1999 President was in his words ”a military ruler in civilian clothes”.
June 12 Coalition – a conglomeration of civil society groups in the country which organised another event to mark the day in Lagos also adopted a resolution stating that the presidential system of government currently being practised in Nigeria is unworkable.

They also asked the apex court to determine whether the majority of the Justices of the Court of Appeal were right in allowing the appeal of the Unilorin authorities when it was apparent from the evidence on record that they did not comply with the procedures laid down in section 15[1] of the Unilorin Act Cap 455 Laws of the Federation 1990 before terminating their appointments without any reason and without giving the respondents any fair hearing.

OPPOSITION party in Ogun State, the Action Congress (AC) yesterday reacted to controversy over the resolution of the State House of Assembly on the state’s financial profile, saying that it has been vindicated over its stand that the state had been plunged into debt. Chairman of the Party, Alhaji Tajuden Bello and its gubernatorial candidate in the 2007 polls, Otunba Dipo Dina who spoke differently both agreed that the financial situation of the state was precarious and that more debts should not be added.

Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State raised the ante on his fence-mending initiatives yesterday as he, in conjunction with the zonal leader of the PDP, Alhaji Tajudeen Oladipo brokered another peace meeting between former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and former Oyo State governor, Senator Rashidi Ladoja.

A continental summit to equip African businessmen and professionals to grapple with the spiritual challenges of the global economic meltdown is commencing in Abuja next week.