{"id":13628,"date":"2013-05-24T15:50:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=13628"},"modified":"2013-05-24T15:50:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T14:50:24","slug":"fg-declares-may-29-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fg-declares-may-29-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"FG declares May 29 Public Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 29, as a Public Holiday to celebrate the 2013\u00a0<strong>Democracy Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Annesthesia Nwaobia, on Thursday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, declared the Public Holiday on behalf of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Moro urged Nigerians to deepen their participation in democratic governance to enable them pass on the baton of credible and good governance to upcoming generations. 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