The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 2, 2023, as a public holiday in commemoration of Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary.
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced on Thursday.
Tunji-Ojo asserted that the government was committed to confronting the challenges facing the country and was making daily efforts to address them.
The Minister also highlighted that Nigeria’s founding fathers came together despite their differences in faith, tribe, and tongue to secure the country’s freedom.
He promised that President Tinubu’s administration was focused on ensuring a better Nigeria for all citizens through its Renew Hope Agenda
The 63rd Independence anniversary will be celebrated in a low-key manner, without inviting any world leaders to Nigeria.
He said:
“It is today a known fact that difficult socio-economic and security challenges are global, and Nigeria is not isolated.
“The Government is daily making efforts to confront these varied and numerous challenges with all the might available until respite comes our way.
“Our warm welcoming spirit and love as well as our unbounded human capital and the richness of our land makes Nigeria unarguably the leading black Nation in the World being Africa’s pride and beacon of hope for the Renewed Hope of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
“While wishing the citizens a memorable independence celebration, the Minister recalled that our founding fathers, despite the differences in faith, tribe and tongue, came together for Nigeria’s freedom which we enjoy today.”
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