The Federal Government
has declared Monday as public holiday to mark the nation’s 56th Independence Anniversary celebration.
Media
report continues:
The
Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), who made the
declaration on behalf of the FG, congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on
the commemoration of this year’s independence anniversary.
He
assured them that the government was working assiduously to put in place
“various palliative measures to cushion the effects of the current economic
challenges.”
The
minister, in a statement by the acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Interior, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido on Thursday in Abuja, urged all
Nigerians to continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his “avowed
determination to build a strong, virile and united country in line with the
dream of the country’s founding fathers.”
“He wished all Nigerians a
happy anniversary celebration,” it added.
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