The Federal
Government has vowed to deal with companies that fail to observe all public
holidays according to the provision of the law of the country.
Disclosing
this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd)
Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, stated that the laws establishing public holidays
were contained in the Public Holidays Act of 1979, which states that, “The days
mentioned in the Schedule to this Act shall be kept as public holidays
throughout Nigeria.”
The minister
called on all Nigerians irrespective of their Organisations, Institutions or
affiliations to ensure they obey and observe all holidays declared by
Government, adding that according to the Act, “no person shall be compellable
to do any act on a day appointed by or under the provisions of this Act to be
kept as a public holiday which he would not be compellable to do on a Sunday”.
He added
that Government would not hesitate to sanction any Organization, Institution or
affiliation that denies Nigerians the right to observe their holidays as
provided in the Act by an “appropriate authority”.
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