The Federal Government has declared Friday 14th and Monday 17th April,
2017 as Public Holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter celebrations.
The declaration was contained in a statement signed by the acting
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Muhammadu Maccido.
Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd) who made the
declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, enjoined Christian
faithful and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual benefits of
Easter, which are love, peace, justice, sacrifice and kindness to their
daily living, and through this contribute to unity and peaceful
co-existence among Nigerians.
Gen. Dambazau further urged Nigerians to co-operate and join hands with
President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, in his sustained efforts to build a
strong and virile nation.
Meanwhile, Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has ordered the deployment of 40,000
personnel for the Easter celebration across the nation. ‘
Gana while felicitating with the Christian faithful urged them to lead
exemplary life preached by Christ, who sacrificed himself for the sins
of all.
He reiterated that fasting period as observed by Christians before the
Easter is a time meant for the atonement of sin, alms-giving,
reconciliation, tolerance and making peace with one another in ensuring
lasting peace and harmony in the society, therefore, Easter festivity
should not be seen as a time of merriment and fun fare alone but should
be seen as a time of tolerating one another irrespective of the
religious differences.
However, ’apart from the deployment of personnel, sniffer dogs,
specialised units, such as CBRN, Special Force, Counter Terrorism,
Ambulances, Surveillance team are to be deployed in strategic areas, he
charged the personnel to ensure the protection of Critical
Infrastructure within their localities against vandals and enemies of
the nation’, he said.
Easter 2017: FG declares Friday, Monday, public holidays
