Easter: FG declares holidays, Osun offers free train ride

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Easter: FG declares holidays, Osun offers free train ride

The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday, April 7 and 10, public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration.

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja.

Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Belgore, on Wednesday, urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience which were attributes and practices of Jesus Christ, as exemplified by His ministry on the earth.

The minister called on Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the security challenges in parts of the country.

Aregbesola said, “Security is everybody’s business. I therefore urge Nigerians and foreigners resident in our country to display a high sense of citizenship and public spiritedness by supporting the efforts of all security agencies in bringing peace and security of lives and property of the citizenry.”

The minister gave the assurance that the Federal Government was doing everthing necessary to ensure a peaceful transition of government following the peaceful conduct of elections.

Aregbesola said Nigeria was on the path to greatness and, therefore, urged all to positively deploy their creative energy towards the full realisation of the coming prosperity.

Meanwhile, the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has approved a free train ride for Osun indigenes resident in Lagos and other South-West states who are willing to celebrate Easter festival with their families in Osun State.

In a press release on Wednesday, the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed said the initiative, now called ‘Imole free train service,’ would depart “Iddo-Terminus in Lagos on Thursday, April 6, 2023, by 10am with stop-overs at designated train stations in Ogun and Oyo states to pick passengers, and it is expected to arrive at the Nelson Mandela Park Train Station at Osogbo by 6pm.

“The return trip from Osogbo to Lagos will be on Monday, 10th April by 10am.”