{"id":40106,"date":"2021-03-30T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=40106"},"modified":"2021-03-30T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:06:21","slug":"breaking-fg-declares-friday-monday-public-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-fg-declares-friday-monday-public-holidays","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government has declared Friday, 2nd and Monday the 5th of April 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Easter celebrations this year.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It was contained in a statement signed by the Director (Press &amp; Public Relations) of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga, and issued on March 30, 2021<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Aregbesola urged Christians to emulate the attributes of forbearance, forgiveness, kindness, humility, love, peace and patience, which were demonstrated by Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also assured that no stone will be left unturned in the war against kidnapping, armed banditry and other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity is everybody\u2019s business, I, therefore, encourage all Nigerians and foreigners resident in Nigeria, to display a high level of patriotism at this critical time in the history of our country, to support the efforts of all security agencies in ensuring peace and security of lives and property of the citizenry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Government has declared Friday, 2nd and Monday the 5th of April 2021 as public holidays, to mark the Easter celebrations this year. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Tuesday. 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