Federal Government Declares Public Holidays, See Dates

The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th August as public holidays.

Yaahoo Journalist  reports that the Federal Government declared the public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-il-Kabir celebrations.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barr. Georgina Ekeoma Ehuriah made this known in a terse statement on Tuesday.

Ehuriah congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and urged all Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, “to use the period of this year’s Eid-il-Kabir celebration to embrace the virtues of love, humility, peace and sacrifice as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh)”.