FG Declares Friday, Monday Public Holidays For Easter Celebration

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

Aregbesola

The federal government has declared Friday, 15th April and Monday, 18th April as public holidays in commemoration of this year's Easter celebration.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.

He quoted the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola as saying that Christians should emulate the attributes of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience, as exemplified by Jesus Christ’s ministry on earth.

The minister enjoined Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to all security challenges bedeviling every part of the country.

He assured all that the federal bovernment would leave no stone unturned to ensure that the recent attacks by undesirable elements on the highways, airport and the railway are timely brought to an end.

According to him, “Security is everybody’s business. I therefore urge Nigerians and foreigners resident in our country to display a high sense of citizenship and public spiritedness at this critical time in the history of our country by supporting the efforts of all security agencies in bringing peace and securing the lives and property of the citizenry.

While wishing Christians at home and in the diaspora a happy and peaceful Easter celebration, he pleaded with Nigerians to join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari in its determination to bring sustainable development and usher in prosperity for all.

Aregbesola assured Nigerians that the nation is inexorably on the path to greatness, despite the present challenges confronting her.

”There will surely be light at the end of the tunnel,” he added.

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