[NEWS] INDEPENDENCE DAY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO MARK NIGERIA’S 59TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
THE DECLARATION WAS ANNOUNCED IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY IN ABUJA AND SIGNED BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, GEORGINA EHURIAH.
THE STATEMENT NOTED THAT THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, OGBENI RAUF ADESOJI AREGBESOLA WHO MADE THE DECLARATION ON BEHALF OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONGRATULATED NIGERIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD ON THE COMMEMORATION OF THIS YEAR’S ANNIVERSARY AND ASSURED THEM OF GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT TO ENDING THE CURRENT SPATE OF INSECURITY IN THE COUNTRY.
ACCORDING TO HIM, PEACE AND STABILITY ARE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY NATION. HE THEREFORE, CALLED ON NIGERIANS TO EMULATE THE NATION’S FOUNDING FATHERS IN THEIR LOVE FOR FATHERLAND
