{"id":21039,"date":"2019-09-27T03:52:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=21039"},"modified":"2019-09-27T03:52:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:52:05","slug":"fg-declares-tuesday-oct-1-public-holidays-to-mark-59th-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=21039","title":{"rendered":"FG declares Tuesday Oct.1 public holidays to mark 59th independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Doris Esa (NAN)<br \/><br \/> The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Oct.1, as public holiday to mark Nigeria\u2019s 59th Independence Anniversary.<br \/><br \/> The Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.<br \/><br \/> She said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the federal government.<br \/><br \/> The minister congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the commemoration of this year\u2019s anniversary.<br \/><br \/> He assured citizens of government\u2019s commitment to end the current spate of insecurity in the country.<br \/><br \/> According to him, peace and stability are necessary conditions for the development of any nation.<br \/><br \/> Aregbesola, therefore, called on Nigerians to emulate the nation\u2019s founding fathers in their love for fatherland.<br \/><br \/> Aregbesola reminded Nigerians of the immense potential the country was endowed with, and \u00a0assured that with commitment, \u201d we can move the country to the next level of socio-economic development.\u201d<br \/><br \/> \u201d As Nigerians, we should always remember that there is hope for our country and that we are blessed with both human and natural resources,\u00a0\u00a0tourism , cultural diversity, selfless spirit of unity and love for one another.<br \/><br \/> \u201d As well as bonded brotherhood, all of which are potential we must exploit in the years ahead to make Nigeria the nation of our dreams,\u201d he said.<br \/><br \/> Aregbesola enjoined all Nigerians to support the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in its avowed determination to build a secure, economically viable and corruption free nation, in line with the dream of the country\u2019s founding fathers.<br \/><br \/> The minister wished all Nigerians a happy Independence Anniversary.<br \/><br \/> By www.nan.ng<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Doris Esa (NAN) The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Oct.1, as public holiday to mark Nigeria\u2019s 59th Independence Anniversary. The Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}