{"id":2056,"date":"2026-03-17T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:07:04","slug":"federal-government-declares-thursday-19th-and-20th-march-as-public-holidays-to-mark-eid-ul-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/?p=2056","title":{"rendered":"Federal Government Declares Thursday 19th and Friday 20th March as Public Holidays to Mark Eid &#8211; Ul &#8211; Fitr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Thursday, 19th March, and Friday, 20th March 2026, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Eid &#8211; ul &#8211; fitri which signifies end of the holy month of Ramada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a signed statement by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, stated that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji &#8211; Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, extended warm greetings and heartfelt congratulations to the Muslim faithful on the successful completion of Ramadan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister urges muslims to sustain the virtues of love, generosity, peace, tolerance, and sacrifice, which were emphasized during the holy month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also in  the statement,  called on all Nigerians to use the festive period to pray for the continued peace, unity, and prosperity of the nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While wishing the Muslims faithful a joyful Eid + ul &#8211; fitri celebration, the Minister encourages citizens to celebrate responsibly and extend acts of kindness to the less privileges in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, the Interior Minister said the federal government remains committed to fostering national unity and peaceful coexistence among all Nigerians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Thursday, 19th March, and Friday, 20th March 2026, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Eid &#8211; ul &#8211; fitri which signifies end of the holy month of Ramada. In a signed statement by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, stated that the Minister of Interior, Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnavigator.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}