The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Tuesday, October 19, a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration.
The commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad was announced by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Shuaib Belgore.
The statement congratulated all Muslim faithful both at home and in the diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion, while admonishing all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which are the virtues of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.
Aregbesola therefore enjoined Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to desist from violence, lawlessness and other forms of criminality.
The statement added, “While calling for a stop to all divisive tendencies across the country, the Minister urges all Nigerians and the youth, in particular, to embrace the virtues of hard work and peaceful disposition to fellow humans, irrespective of faith, ideology, social class and ethnicity and cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari’s led-Administration in its effort to build a progressive and enviable nation that all citizens would be proud of.”
