Eid el Kabir: FG Declares Friday, Monday Public Holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st and Monday 4th September, 2017 as Public Holidays to mark Eid el Kabir celebrations.
In a statement, Abdulrahman Dambazau, Minister of Interior, made the declaration on behalf of the government on Monday in Abuja.
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The minister congratulated Muslim faithful and all Nigerians, urging them to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country’s democracy.
Dambazau called on all Nigerians to join hands with the government to build a peaceful and harmonious country, “where the rights of every citizen are protected and guaranteed, as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
The minister assured citizens across the country of their safety, warning that the government would henceforth deal with perpetrators of hate speech according to the law.
Eid al-Adha, also called the “Sacrifice Feast”, is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated worldwide each year, and considered the holier of the two.
