Federal Government of Nigeria declares May 29 as public holiday

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Monday May 29 as public holiday to mark this year's democracy day.


The minister of interior,Abdulrahman Dambazau made this known in a statement on behalf of the federal government on Thursday in Abuja.

''While a lot has been achieved in the areas of security,particularly in the North-East and in tackling corruption,recent statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics have shown tremendous improvement of the country's Gross Domestic Product(GDP).

''No doubt the nation is closer to getting out of recession ,particularly with the recently inaugurated Economic Recovery and Growth Plan,which seeks to revitalize the nation's economy soonest.

''Following the recently signed Executive Orders on Ease of Doing Business,we have opened our doors wider for both domestic and foreign investors.''

Dambazau however assured Nigerians of the Federal Government's three main point agenda's,which is,revitalizing the economy,tackling of corruption and security of lives and property.