Eid-El-Kabir: In honor of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28, and Thursday, June 29, 2023, as public holidays.
This was said by Oluwatoyin Akinlade, a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday.
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The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28th, and Thursday, June 29th, 2023, Public Holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration and heartily felicitates with the Muslim Ummah at home and in the diaspora, stated Akinlade.
Akinlade asked Muslims and other Nigerians to make sacrifices for the sake of their communities and their beautiful country, Nigeria.
The permanent secretary further expressed optimism that the season’s prayers and sacrifices may bring about peace unity and progress in Nigeria.
The traditional rites involved spending six days in Mecca and Medina, the locations where Prophet Ibrahim is said to have performed the act, and those who were unable to go to Saudi Arabia from Nigeria are obliged to kill animals if they have the capacity to do so.
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Acording to a source close to the situation, the President intends to celebrate Sallah in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.
According to the source, an advance team has already been dispatched to the Western State in preparation for the President’s arrival today, 27th of June.
