The National Assembly has revealed plans to initiate a bill to ensure that Presidents-elect are sworn in in the National Assembly’s arcade.
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, made this disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja while responding to questions about the June 12 anniversary.
Bamidele said the legislation was part of strengthening the country’s democracy.
He said the parliament would also initiate another legislation allowing the President to deliver the ‘State of the Nation Address’ in the National Assembly on June 12 annually.
The National Assembly had invited President Bola Tinubu to address a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Thursday to mark the 2025 National Democracy Day.
Bamidele said, “It is our desire to institutionalise the State of the Nation Address. We will bring a bill to ensure that it is institutionalised. People should look forward to it.
“President Tinubu is working with the National Assembly in that regard. June 12 will be a better time for the President to address the nation through the National Assembly.
“There is no better day than June 12 for the President to address the nation because of its historical significance. It is a joint sitting of the National Assembly. Nigerians should look forward to this legislative initiative.
“We are also hoping to change our political setting to the extent that the swearing-in of the next President will, by the grace of God, be in the arcade of the National Assembly of Nigeria.”
Democracy Day is observed in Nigeria every June 12, in honour of Late Chief MKO Abiola, the winner of the 1993 Presidential election.
The 1993 election is the freest, fairest, and most credible election in Nigeria’s political history.
