- Niger state government has declared a three days of public holiday across all the local government areas of the state
- Governor Mohammed Umar Bago, who announced this said the public holiday is for the distribution of palliative
- Bago disclosed that the distribution of the palliatives would be at the polling units and ward level.
Niger state, Minna – Niger State governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, has declared the 6th Wednesday to the 8th Friday of September as a public holiday across the state.
According to The Nation, Bago said the public holiday is for the distribution of palliatives in the state to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.