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September 25, 2019
TheFederal Government has declared Tuesday, October 1, as public holiday to markNigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary.
ThePermanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, announced this ina statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
Shesaid the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration onbehalf of the federal government.
Theminister congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the commemoration ofthis year’s anniversary.
Heassured citizens of government’s commitment to end the current spate ofinsecurity in the country.
Accordingto him, peace and stability are necessary conditions for the development of anynation.
Aregbesola,therefore, called on Nigerians to emulate the nation’s founding fathers in theirlove for fatherland.
Aregbesolareminded Nigerians of the immense potential the country was endowed with, andassured that with commitment, ” we can move the country to the next level ofsocio-economic development.”