Posted By Pachorace Ekpo
LAGOS – A Vice-President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr Issa
Aremu, yesterday, said the late Chief Kasimawo Abiola, winner of June
12, 1993 Presidential election, annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida,
deserved more than the naming of University of Lagos, Unilag, after him.
Aremu, who spoke in Lagos, argued that it would have been better for
the National Stadium in Abuja and any other institution with national
outlook to be named after Abiola because of the supreme sacrifice he
paid for the democracy Nigerians are enjoying today.
He also faulted plans by President Goodluck Jonathan to set up a
national monument for presidents, urging him to instead make it a
democracy monument or museum to keep records for those who fought for
democracy in the country.
Aremu, who is also General Secretary of the National Union of
Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, said
President Jonathan deserved commendation for the national honour,
adding that this was the first time MKO Abiola was being nationally
honoured.
He said, “They are planning to build a presidential monument to keep
the history and records of previous presidents, a museum of some sort.
If it must be a museum, it should not just be for the presidents. It
should be a democracy monument or museum, which should include the
records of all those who fought for democracy.
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