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🇳🇬 Democracy Day in Nigeria
Celebration of first democratic elections
Date in Nigeria
June 12
Instituted2018
Commemorates the restoration of democracy in 1999.
Commemorates Cape Verde's first democratic elections in 1991
How Democracy Day is observed in Nigeria
Historical significance
Celebrates the end of military rule and the return to democratic governance.
Public life in Nigeria
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
Formerly known as
May 29 Democracy DayM.K.O Abiola day