FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES FRIDAY WORK-FREE, BANKS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS EXCLUDED.

Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22^nd as a public holiday.

Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the announcement via his Twitter handle.

According to him, the government made the declaration in preparation for the presidential and National Assembly elections.

Dambazau, however, said bankers and those offering essential services were excluded from the declaration.