{"id":37133,"date":"2019-12-19T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=37133"},"modified":"2019-12-19T13:28:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:28:39","slug":"fg-declares-december-25-26-january-1-public-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/fg-declares-december-25-26-january-1-public-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Declares December 25, 26, January 1 Public Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th December 2019 and Wednesday 1st January 2020 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and the New Year celebrations respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, felicitated with Christians and all Nigerians both at home and abroad on this year\u2019s Christmas and New Year Celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoined all Christians to live within the virtues and teachings of Jesus Christ, which hinge on compassion, patience, peace, humility, righteousness and love for one another, adding that doing so would guarantee an atmosphere of peace and security in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola stated that the determination of Government towards ensuring an atmosphere of peace and security would engender Foreign Direct Investment thereby, revitalizing the economy and improving employment opportunities for the teeming youths in the country.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He expressed confidence that 2020 would be a breakthrough year for all Nigerians assuring that the Federal Government under the visionary leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari would make life more meaningful for all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister urged Christians to use the period to pray for Nigeria and admonished all citizens to remain focused, determined and to continue to persist in displaying love for one another with patience and perseverance.<\/p>\n<p>The current security challenges he said would be overcome only \u201cwith love for one another, hard work, selfless service, patience and patriotism, Nigeria will sooner than later join the league of developed nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th December 2019 and Wednesday 1st January 2020 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and the New Year celebrations respectively.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[6577,3434,6578],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-37133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-boxing-day","tag-christmas","tag-new-year-celebrations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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