The Borno State government has declared Monday (today) a work-free-day for the visit of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to the state.
Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Jidda, announced this on Sunday in a statement in Maiduguri, the state capital.
Jidda said that the public holiday would enable residents of the state to receive Buhari during his campaign rally.
The statement read, “The Borno State Government has declared Monday as a work-free day. The declaration is to enable the people of the state welcome the APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who will arrive Maiduguri on a campaign visit on Monday.
“Governor Kashim Shettima has enjoined all Borno residents to come out en mass and line up the streets to welcome the Peoples' General.”
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