{"id":10850,"date":"2026-03-18T11:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=10850"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:11:16","slug":"federal-government-declares-thursday-19th-and-friday-20th-march-2026-as-public-holidays-to-mark-eid-ul-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/03\/18\/federal-government-declares-thursday-19th-and-friday-20th-march-2026-as-public-holidays-to-mark-eid-ul-fitr\/","title":{"rendered":"FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES THURSDAY 19TH AND FRIDAY 20TH MARCH 2026 AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS TO MARK EID-UL-FITR"},"content":{"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-ul-Fitr, which signifies the end of the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-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 the holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister urges Muslims to sustain the virtues of love, generosity, peace, tolerance, and sacrifice, which were emphasised during the holy month.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on all Nigerians to use the festive period to pray for the continued peace, unity, and prosperity of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>While wishing the Muslim faithful a joyful Eid-ul-Fitr celebration, the Minister encourages citizens to celebrate responsibly and extend acts of kindness to the less privileged in society.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government remains committed to fostering national unity and peaceful coexistence among all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Signed<br \/>\nDr. Magdalene Ajani<br \/>\nPermanent Secretary<br \/>\nMinister of Interior<\/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-ul-Fitr, which signifies the end of the holy month of Ramadan.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10852,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10850\/revisions\/10852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}