The family of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late MKO Abiola, has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to pay the presidential entitlements of the deceased.
The family secretary and one of Abiola’s children, Ameen, addressed reporters on Monday at a prayer session at the M.K.O. Abiola family house in Gbagura, Abeokuta, the Ogun capital.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari conferred Nigeria’s highest honour, GCFR, on the business mogul who won the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election.
The family said beyond payment of the entitlements, they look forward to seeing the government implement the promises Abiola made to Nigerians.
Ameen noted that they believe the current administration would ensure that all “incentives due to Abiola get to the family.”
“This government has the capacity to ensure that all incentives that are due to the Abiola family get to us.
“I believe this government would do everything to make sure that we get what we should have gotten from the previous government,” he added.
Governor Dapo Abiodun, represented by his Deputy, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, said Abiola lived a good life worthy of emulation.
The governor charged Nigerians to “learn from his good deeds,” as he always followed the tenets of God in all his activities.
“He lived a good life we should learn from. We should learn from his good deeds. He always followed the tenets of God in all his activities,” he said.
The governor called on Nigerians to continue to pray and support the Tinubu administration.
Also speaking at a rally held in celebration of June 12 at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, Abiodun urged Nigerians to give Tinubu maximum support
He said, “It is gratifying that one of the dependable, loyal, dogged and hardened proponents of the June 12 struggle, Bola Tinubu, is today the President of Nigeria.
“Some of the recent policies, like the subsidy removal, may come out with some initial inconvenience, but we must persevere as the benefit far outweighs whatever it is we are sacrificing.
“As we move on in our democratic journey, it is important for us to continue to be patriotic in all our daily activities.”
