The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to
ensure the strict observance of all public holidays according to the provision
of the law.
Disclosing
this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd)
Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau stated that the laws establishing public holidays
are contained in the Public Holidays Act of 1979, which states that, “The days
mentioned in the Schedule to this Act shall be kept as public holidays
throughout Nigeria.”
The minister urged all
Nigerians irrespective of their Organisations, Institutions or affiliations to
ensure they obey and observe all holidays declared by Government, adding that
according to the Act, “no person shall be compellable to do any act on a day
appointed by or under the provisions of this Act to be kept as a public holiday
which he would not be compellable to do on a Sunday”.
He
added that Government would not hesitate to sanction any Organization,
Institution or affiliation that denies Nigerians the right to observe their
holidays as provided in the Act by an “appropriate authority”.
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