National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) Condemns Extension of Eid-el-Fitr Public Holiday
Category: Nigeria National News
A coalition of Christians led by the National Christian Elders Forum
(NCEF) yesterday condemned the extension of last week’s public holiday
by the Federal Government, describing it as a dangerous precedent.
It called on the government and Islamic leaders to repay the country the loss recorded as a result of the extension.
The statement by Asemota reads: “As Nigerians, we congratulate the
Muslims in the nation on their successful completion of the Ramadan fast
in 2016. However, we are disturbed by the apparent shoddiness and
confusion the Federal Government brought into the declaration of the
Public Holiday rounding off the Muslim religious exercise.
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“The Federal Government had earlier declared Tuesday 5th and Wednesday
6th July as Public Holiday only to reverse itself and declare Wednesday
6th and Thursday 7th July 2016 as Public Holiday. If this was done
before Tuesday was observed as Public Holiday, it would have been
tolerable but declaring Thursday 7th as Public Holiday in addition to
Tuesday and Wednesday is bad. The implication now is that three days
would be work free in the week.
“We are equally appalled that the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman
Dambazau based the decision to declare Thursday as Public Holiday on the
directive by the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, to the
effect that the Ramadan fast continues today (last Tuesday) as a result
of the non-sighting of the moon.”
The Nation
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