The Senate has adjourned the plenary till April 25, 2023, to allow lawmakers to observe the Easter and Eid-El-Fitr holidays.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made the announcement before the end of the plenary on Wednesday in Abuja.
He says the break for the festivities is to enable lawmakers to participate in activities of their various religions for the period and also rest.
Easter Celebration
The Nigerian Government declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April 2023, public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday.
It was made in a statement by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore.
Aregbesola urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience.
To him, these were attributes and practices of Jesus Christ, as exemplified by His ministry on the earth.
Pray For Nigeria
The minister called on Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the security challenges in parts of Nigeria.
Aregbesola says the Government is doing all that is necessary to ensure a peaceful transition of government, following the peaceful conduct of elections.
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“Security is everybody’s business.
“I, therefore, urge Nigerians and foreigners resident in our country to display a high sense of citizenship and public spiritedness by supporting the efforts of all security agencies in bringing peace and security of lives and property of the citizenry.”
Happy Celebration
The Minister wishes Christians at home and in the diaspora a happy and peaceful Easter celebration.
He also enjoined them to love their neighbours through acts of kindness and generosity of spirit, with the well-to-do sharing their substance with the less privileged around them.
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Aregbesola, once more, assured Nigerians that the nation was persistently on the path to greatness.
In that light, he wants all citizens to positively deploy their creative energy for the full realisation of the coming prosperity.
