President Goodluck Jonathan ,Tuesday morning, paid tribute to Nigeria's heroes and martyrs of democrcay for serving as catalysts for the emergence of civilian government in 1999.
In a nationwide broadcast to mark his one year in office, Jonathan said these heroes of democracy made huge sacrifice and ensured that military dictatorship became a thing of the past.
Jonathan renamed the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University in honour of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola.
Jonathan said: "The Federal Government has decided that late Chief MKO Abiola should be honoured. In honour of Chief MKO Abiola, the University of Lagos is renamed the Moshood Abiola University."
The President added that an institute of democratic studies would also be established in the university.
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