Tag: holidays

FG declares holidays for Workers’ Day, Eid-el-Fitr celebrations

Emporium Reporters

The Federal Government has declared May 2 and 3, 2022 as public holidays to mark this year’s Workers’ Day and EId-el-Fitr celebrations.   The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on behalf of the Federal Government on Thursday.   Aregbesola congratulated workers across the country on this year’s celebration.   He said: “Labour is the very essence of humanity.   “We are alive because we work and only the dead is incapable of working.   “The end of work is productivity. It is productivity that leads to satisfactory…

FG declares holidays for Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year

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The Federal Government has declared December 27 and 28, 2021 and January 3, 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day celebration. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, on Wednesday. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora. Aregbesola enjoined Christians to practice the doctrines of Christ, which include but not limited to faith, hope…