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Fact Check: Will Biodun Oyebanji Of Ekiti Become The First Elected Official In Nigeria To Be Inaugurated On A Sunday?
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, will hand over the reins of the Ekiti State government on October 16, 2022 to his successor, Biodun Oyebanji of the APC, who won the June 18, 2022 election, defeating PDP’s Otunba Bisi Kolawale, and other contestants. But with the inauguration falling on Sunday, political commentators are clamouring for […]
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, will hand over the reins of the Ekiti State government on October 16, 2022 to his successor, Biodun Oyebanji of the APC, who won the June 18, 2022 election, defeating PDP’s Otunba Bisi Kolawale, and other contestants.
But with the inauguration falling on Sunday, political commentators are clamouring for the state government to shift it to Monday, October 17, 2022. The agitators are of the opinion that no Nigerian government since the return to democracy on May 29, 1999 has ever change the reins of government on a Sunday.
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Verification.
Democracy returned to Ekiti State on May 29, 1999, like other states in the country, and also at the center in Abuja. The first governor of the state since the beginning of the 4th republic, Otunba Niyi Adebayo was inaugurated on Thursday, May 29, 1999.
Governor Ayo Ayo Fayose – Monday, May 29, 2003.
Governor Segun Oni – Tuesday, May 29, 2007.
Governor Kayode Fayemi- Friday, October 15, 2010.
Governor Ayo Fayose- Thursday, October 16, 2014
Governor Kayode Fayemi- Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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Verdict
The inauguration of Biodun Oyebanji, will be the first since the beginning of the 4th republic, to be held on a Sunday, in Ekiti State.
Putting the same theory in a larger perspective, it is pertinent to examine the inauguration of Nigerian leaders, since the turn of the 4th republic in the country.
President Olusegun Obasanjo was inaugurated on Saturday May 29, 1999
President Umaru Musa Yara’dua- Tuesday, May 29, 2007
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan- Sunday, May 29, 2011
President Muhammadu Buhari- Friday, May 29, 2015.
Verdict
The claim is wrong. All elected officials, that were inaugurated on May 29, 2011 in Nigeria resumed into their respective positions on a Sunday.
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