{"id":2662,"date":"2023-09-28T11:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=2662"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:21:50","slug":"independence-anniversary-fg-declares-oct-2-independence-anniversary-fg-declares-oct-2-public-holiday-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/28\/independence-anniversary-fg-declares-oct-2-independence-anniversary-fg-declares-oct-2-public-holiday-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Anniversary: FG Declares Oct. 2, Independence Anniversary: FG Declares Oct. 2, public holiday Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Federal Government has declared Monday, Oct. 2 as public holiday in commemoration of the nation\u2019s 63rd independence celebration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, on Thursday in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to her, the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tunj-Ojo assured Nigerians of Government continued commitment to tackling challenges facing the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIt is today a known fact that difficult socio-economic and security challenges are global, and Nigeria is not isolated.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The minister however said that the Government was really making efforts to confront these varied and numerous challenges with all the might available until respite comes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dr Tunji-Ojo reiterated that the eminent position of Nigeria in the comity of nations and the greatness ahead of the country was achievable if we all work together in unity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated that our warm welcoming spirit and love as well as our unbounded human capital and the richness of our land makes Nigeria unarguably the leading black nation in the world.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This, he said, being Africa\u2019s pride and beacon of hope for the \u2018Renewed Hope\u2019 of President Bola Tinubu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While wishing the citizens a memorable independence celebration, the minister recalled that our founding fathers, in spite the differences in faith, tribe,tongue, came together for Nigeria\u2019s freedom which we all enjoy today.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The minister assured that the present administration through the \u2018Renew Hope\u2019 agenda would ensure a better Nigeria for all citizens, as a befitting tribute to our heroes past.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NAN reports that a lecture will hold on Friday at the National Mosque Conference Centre at 10:00am, followed by Juma\u2019at Prayer at the National Mosque at 1:00 pm<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>President Bola Tinubu is also expected to address the nation on Sunday at 7:00 am<\/p>\n<p>Inter-Denominational Church Service on Sunday, 1st October, 2023 at the National Christian Centre will hold at 10:00am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There will also be a Military Parade on Oct. 2 at the Presidential Villa, at 9:00am.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared Monday, Oct. 2 as public holiday in commemoration of the nation\u2019s 63rd independence celebration. This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, on Thursday in Abuja. According to her, the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59,268],"class_list":["post-2662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-nigeria63"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2664,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662\/revisions\/2664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}