Breaking: FG Declares October 1 Public Holiday
The Federal Government on Tuesday declared Thursday, October 1, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, expressed the commitment of the government in the socio-economic transformation of the country while congratulating Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee.
This was contained in a statement titled, ‘FG Declares Thursday, October 1, 2020, Public Holiday To Mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary’ and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah.
The statement reads:
“Though celebrating sixty years of independence really calls for pomp and pageantry, but with the...