Nigerian govt threatens to deal with companies that fail to observe public holidays

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".