{"id":58341,"date":"2024-12-23T14:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T14:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58341"},"modified":"2024-12-23T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T14:58:24","slug":"fg-declares-public-holidays-for-christmas-new-year-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/23\/fg-declares-public-holidays-for-christmas-new-year-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Declares Public Holidays for Christmas, New Year Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has declared December 25, 26, and January 1, 2025, as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year\u2019s Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, announced the holidays in a statement signed by Magdalene Ajani, the Ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Tunji-Ojo extended his felicitations to Nigerians and encouraged them to use the festive season to reflect on the values of love, peace, and unity.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the need for harmony and strengthened bonds across families and communities during the yuletide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Christmas season is a time for spiritual reflection and national renewal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, let us show kindness and extend goodwill to one another, regardless of our differences,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also called on citizens to remain committed to the peace, unity, and progress of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured Nigerians of the government\u2019s dedication to ensuring security and prosperity across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Tunji-Ojo expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda would drive economic growth, positioning Nigeria as a global model of prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Federal Government has declared December 25, 26, and January 1, 2025, as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year\u2019s Day celebrations. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, announced the holidays in a statement signed by Magdalene Ajani, the Ministry\u2019s Permanent Secretary. In the statement, Tunji-Ojo extended his felicitations to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58341","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58343,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58341\/revisions\/58343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}