Photo: Rauf Aregbesola, Interior Minister.
FG declares April 7th, 10th Easter public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday 7th and Monday 10th April, 2023, which are Good Friday and Easter Monday, to be Public Holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration.
The Minister of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday in a statement issued by Dr. Shuaib Belgore, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary.
He urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience which were attributes and practices of Jesus Christ, as exemplified by His ministry on earth.
The Minister called on Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the security challenges in parts of the country.
“Security is everybody’s business, I therefore urge Nigerians and foreigners resident in our country to display high sense of citizenships and public spiritedness by supporting the efforts of all security agencies in bringing peace and security of lives and property of the citizenry,” Aregbesola said.
The Minister assured that the Federal Government was doing all that was necessary to ensure a peaceful transition of government following the peaceful conduct of elections.
While wishing Christians at home and in the Diaspora a happy and peaceful Easter celebration, he also enjoined them to love their neighbours through acts of kindness and generosity of spirit, and urged the well-to-do to share their substance with the less privileged around them.
Aregbesola assured Nigerians that the nation was persistently on the path to greatness and urged all to positively deploy their creative energy for the full realization of the coming prosperity, adding that “There is surely light at the end of the tunnel.”
The minister wished all Christians a most blissful Easter celebration and all Nigerians a happy holiday.
