The Federal Government has declared Good Friday and Easter Monday, April 15th and 18th, 2022, as public holidays to commemorate this year’s Easter celebration.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made this known in a statement on Tuesday signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, on Tuesday.
Aregbesola while urging Christians to emulate the attributes and practices of Jesus Christ, as exemplified by His ministry on earth, called on Christians and all Nigerians alike to use the occasion of this year’s Easter Celebration to pray for an end to all security challenges bedevilling every part of the country.
The Minister therefore assured that the Federal Government will leave no stone unturned to ensure that the recent attacks by undesirable elements on the highways, airport and the railway are timely brought to an end.
“Security is everybody’s business. I therefore urge Nigerians and foreigners resident in our country to display a high sense of citizenship and public spiritedness at this critical time in the history of our country, by supporting the efforts of all security agencies in bringing peace and security of lives and property of the citizenry,” he said.
Aregbesola once more assured Nigerians that the nation is inexorably on the path to greatness, despite the present challenges confronting her.
“There will surely be light at the end of the tunnel,” the statement read.
