The public holidays declared by the Federal Government to celebrate the end of the one-month long Ramadan fast has been extended.
The FG had last week declared Tuesday and Wednesday this week for the Eid el-Fitr, but due to the announcement on Monday by the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Sa’ad Abubakar III, who is the Sultan of Sokoto, that the fast continues on Tuesday (today) because of non sighting of the moon, the holiday has been extended by a day.
A statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, disclosed that the FG has now declared Wednesday 6th and Thursday July 7, 2016 as public holiday.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 and Wednesday, July 6, 2016, have been declared as work-free days by the Federal Government to mark the celebration of the end of Ramadan fast, Eid-el Fitri. A statement signed on Thursday by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, urged all Muslim faithful to extend the…
The Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora…
President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Sa’ad Abubakar, who doubles as the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Wednesday, July 6, 2016, as the Eid el-Fitr day in Nigeria. The Sultan, while making the announcement on Monday, explained that the new moon of Shawwal had not been…
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