To commemorate this year’s Easter celebration, the Federal Government has declared Friday, April 7, and Monday, April 10, 2023, as public holidays.
Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, made the announcement in Abuja.
Aregbesola asked Christians to follow the values of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, compassion, love, peace, and patience, as demonstrated by Jesus Christ’s earthly mission, in a statement issued by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday.
The minister urged Christians and other Nigerians to utilize this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the country’s security woes.
Aregbesola said “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 by supporting the efforts of all security agencies in bringing peace and security of lives and property of the citizenry”.
The minister assured that the Federal Government is doing all that is necessary to ensure a peaceful transition of government following the peaceful conduct of elections.
While wishing Christians at home and in the Diaspora a happy and peaceful Easter celebration, he also enjoins them to love their neighbours through acts of kindness and generosity of spirit, with the well-to-do sharing their substance with the less privileged around them.
