By Palma Ileye
Federal Government has declared Friday 7th and Monday 10th April, 2023 which are Good Friday and Easter Monday as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration.
This is contained in a press release signed and issued yesterday by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Shu’aib Belgore.
According to the statement, the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration in Abuja, urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience which were attributes and practices of Jesus Christ, as exemplified by his Ministry on earth.
Aregbesola called on Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the security challenges in parts of the country.
He stated that, “security is everybody’s business, I therefore urged 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 properties of the citizenry.”
The Minister assured that the Federal Government was doing all that is necessary to ensure a peaceful transition of government following the peaceful conduct of the 2023 General elections.
While wishing Christians at home and in the Diaspora a happy and peaceful Easter celebration, he also enjoined 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.
Ogbeni Aregbesola also assured Nigerians that the nation was persistently on the path to greatness while urging all to positively deploy their creative energy for the full realization of the coming prosperity saying that, “There is surely light at the end of the tunnel.”
