Just In: FG declares public holiday

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 10, 2021 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Maolud Nabiy celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement, by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, made the declaration on behalf of the FG on Thursday evening.

While calling for a stop to all divisive tendencies across the country, the Minister urged Nigerians, and the youth, in particular, to embrace the virtues of hard work and peaceful disposition towards fellow humans, irrespective of faith, ideology, social class and ethnicity and join hands with the President Muhammadu Buhari led-Administration “in its effort to build a progressive and enviable nation that all citizens would be proud of”.

“The Minister urges Nigerians to be security conscious, asking them to report any suspicious persons or activities to the nearest security agency and through the N-Alert application on Android and IOS, saying “when you see something do N-Alert, as this would elicit a prompt response from security agents,” the statement reads.

Eid-ul-Mawlid is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is commemorated in Rabi’ al-awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar.