Monday and Tuesday – May 25 and 26, 2020 – has been declared public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitri celebration.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on behalf of the Federal Government in a press statement.
This was contained in a press statement by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mohammed Manga, on Thursday.
Aregbesola expressed concern over the spate of ethnic conflicts that has resurfaced in some parts of Northern Nigeria in recent times. He asked “Nigerians to see themselves as a single entity and learn to tolerate one another despite their ethnic and religious differences”.
He called on Muslims to replicate the life of kindness, love, tolerance, peace and good neighbourliness as exemplified by the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
The minister also advised Nigerians to take responsibility against the spread of the COVID-19.
