The government through the Interior Ministry has declared Monday 11th July 2022 as a public holiday.
The year’s Eid-ul–Adha which is a Statutory Public Holiday falls on Saturday 9th July 2022.
Therefore, the President has by an Executive Instrument (EI) and in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (601) “declared Monday, 11th July 2022 as a Public Holiday.”
The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior.
Eid-ul-Adha is the second and biggest of the two main holidays (the other being Eid al-Fitr) celebrated by Muslims globally to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s sacrifice of his son, Ismail.
The date for Eid-Ul-Adha usually falls on the twelfth and final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhu al-Hijjah, but it is tentative since it can celebrated in the eleventh month depending on the appearance of the sun.
