Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians to ensure the strict
observance of all public holidays according to the provision of the
law.
Disclosing this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of
Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau stated that the laws
establishing public holidays are contained in the Public Holidays Act of
1979, which states that, “The days mentioned in the Schedule to this Act shall be kept as public holidays throughout Nigeria.”
The minister urged all Nigerians irrespective of their
Organisations, Institutions or affiliations to ensure they obey and
observe all holidays declared by Government, adding that according to
the Act, “no person shall be compellable to do any act on a day
appointed by or under the provisions of this Act to be kept as a public
holiday which he would not be compellable to do on a Sunday”.
He added that Government would not hesitate to sanction any
Organization, Institution or affiliation that denies Nigerians the right
to observe their holidays as provided in the Act by an “appropriate authority”.