Eid-ul-Mawlid season: FG declares 19th of October a public holiday~details below

 Just Two months left before 2022, the year is gradually rapping up as Muslim faithfuls prepare for the Eid-ul-Mawlid season, a recycled period to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad according to the holy Quran.

Mean while the permanent secretary, Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, has disclosed in a statement on Friday that the federal government has declared Tuesday, October 19, 2021 a public holiday to mark the year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

According to the statement that read, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who congratulated all Muslims at home and in Diaspora for witnessing this year’s blissful occasion.

The statement also read, “Mr Aregbesola admonished all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which are the virtues of the Prophet Muhammad doing so would guarantee peace and security in the country” he said.

“Ogbeni Aregbesola who entask Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to refrain from violence, lawlessness and other acts of criminality, as the indisputable leader of our race, we must show responsible leadership in Africa”‘ he said.

However, he has also advised that “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.” he said.