{"id":13659,"date":"2017-05-25T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=13659"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:47:51","slug":"democracy-day-fg-declares-monday-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/democracy-day-fg-declares-monday-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Day: FG declares Monday Public Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 29 as Public Holiday to celebrate the 2017 Democracy Day.<\/p>\n<p>Making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, congratulated Nigerians for witnessing yet another Democracy Day, which marks the Second Year Anniversary of President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s Government.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Director Overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Muhammadu Maccido quoted Dambazau as assuring \u201cNigerians of the government\u2019s continued efforts towards guaranteeing security, revitalizing the economy and tackling corruption, which are the three main focused areas of this administration. While a lot has been achieved in the area of security, particularly in the northeast, and in tackling corruption, recent statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown tremendous improvement of the country\u2019s GDP. No doubt the nation is closer to getting out of recession, particularly with the recently launched Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), which seeks to revitalize the nation\u2019s economy soonest. 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