By DAVID IORJA, Abuja –
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to make a broadcast to the nation at 7am on Thursday, October 1, 2020 as part of activities commemorating the 60th Independence Anniversary of the country.
Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, had earlier on Wednesday said the President would address the nation from the Eagle Square, Abuja, on Thursday.
Adesina had said the live address would commence after the Anniversary Parade beginning at 10am which will be covered by major television and radio stations especially the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).
“n view of the open-air live address, the traditional early morning October 1 Presidential Broadcast would not feature on Thursday,” the presidential spokesman had said in a statement.
But in a reversal statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD later in the evening, he enjoined all television, radio and other electronic media outlets to hook up to network services of the NTA and the FRCN respectively for the address.
“The President will thereafter, proceed to the Eagle Square, Abuja to review the Anniversary Parade and participate in other activities beginning at 10am, which will be covered live by major television and radio stations,” Adesina said.
“This updated statement supersedes our earlier one indicating an open-air live Presidential Address on October 1,” he added.
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