Ram vendors wait for clients ahead of Eid-el-Kabir celebration at Kara Isheri market in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on September 7, 2016. Ram sellers and traders of other basic food items in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and neighbouring states have complained of low patronage, a factor attributed to the economy downturn. Meanwhile Nigeria has declared public holidays during the Eid festival. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Ram vendors wait for clients ahead of Eid-el-Kabir celebration at Kara Isheri market in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, on September 7, 2016. Ram sellers and traders of other basic food items in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital and neighbouring states have complained of low patronage, a factor attributed to the economy downturn. Meanwhile Nigeria has declared public holidays during the Eid festival. / AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
The Nigerian government has declared Tuesday, August 21 and Wednesday, August 22 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-il-Kabir.
The Ministry of Interior made the announcement on behalf of the Federal Government on Friday.
“The Federal Government has declared 21st and 22nd August as public holidays to mark the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir celebration,” tweeted on Friday Morning.
Details later.
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