Eid-El-Kabir: Nigerian Government declares Wednesday, Thursday as public holidays

*The Permanent Secretary,  Federal Ministry of Interior, urges Muslim faithful and all Nigerians ‘to make sacrifices for the growth and development of our communities and great country, Nigeria’

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29, 2023, as holidays for Eid-El-Kabir celebrations.

Oluwatoyin Akinlade, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement issued Monday, June 26, 2023, in Abuja, FCT.

The statement noted: “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28th and Thursday, June 29th 2023, Public Holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration and heartily felicitates with the Muslim Ummah at home and in the Diaspora.”

Akinlade urged Muslims and all Nigerians “to make sacrifices for the growth and development of our communities and our great country, Nigeria.”

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry also expressed hope that the prayers and sacrifices of the season would restore the much-desired peace and unity the West African country desires.