FG declares May 1 public holiday
- The federal government has declared Friday, May 1, as a public holiday to mark the workers’ day celebration
- The declaration was made by the minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola
- Aregbesola commended workers for supporting efforts by the federal government to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic
The federal government has declared Friday, May 1, as a public holiday to mark the workers’ day celebration.
The declaration was made on Tuesday, April 28, by the minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, The Nation reports.
Aregbesola commended the workers for supporting efforts by the federal government to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
He urged every citizen to adherence to the measures put in place by authorities to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The minister expressed the hope that the Nigerian economy would come back stronger after the COVID-19 crisis.
Meanwhile, the Senate has resolved to give accelerated approval to President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to raise a fresh loan of N850 billion from the domestic capital market to fund projects in the 2020 budget.
The Nation reports that President Buhari's request was contained in a presidential memo read by the president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, April 28.
After the letter was read, the lawmakers gave accelerated approval to the president’s request to raise the loan.
The upper chamber also mandated it’s Finance and Appropriation Committees to liaise with the minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, to obtain more details of the loan request.
The upper chamber also mandated it’s Finance and Appropriation Committees to liaise with the minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, to obtain more details of the loan request.
Legit.ng notes that President Buhari’s loan request was granted accelerated approval following the senators’ resumption from a recess which lasted about five weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawmakers had gone on break since March as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
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Channels TV reports that at the resumed plenary, the Senate president welcomed his colleagues and gave the reason for the resumption of plenary amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country.
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