The Federal government has declared Tuesday, October first, 2019, as a public holiday to mark the nation’s fifty-ninth independence anniversary celebration.


The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, in Abuja yesterday, congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the commemoration of this year’s anniversary.


He assured them of government’s commitment to ending the current spate of insecurity in the country.


According to him, peace and stability are necessary conditions for the development of any nation.


He, therefore, called on Nigerians to emulate the nation’s founding fathers in their love for the fatherland.


Aregbesola, while reminding Nigerians of the immense potential the country was endowed with, assured further that with commitment, they can move the country to the next level of socio-economic development.