{"id":348193,"date":"2017-08-26T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=348193"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:47:11","slug":"september-1-declared-as-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/september-1-declared-as-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"September 1 declared as public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"
Friday, September 1, has been declared a statutory public holiday by the Ministry of the Interior.<\/p>\n
The holiday is to enable the celebration of the Eid ul-Adha.<\/p>\n
A statement signed by the sector minister, Ambrose Dery entreated the public to observe the holiday throughout the country.<\/p>\n
The Eid ul-Adha is an Islamic religious festival to mark the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to follow Allah\u2019s command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.<\/p>\n
The day is celebrated by Muslims\u00a0all over the world and is characterized by the slaughtering especially sheep and cow,and offering of Eid prayers.<\/p>\n
Other sacrifice buffalos and sheep to make the day.<\/p>\n
The celebration is also known as the Festival of Sacrifice.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Friday, September 1, has been declared a statutory public holiday by the Ministry of the Interior. The holiday is to enable the celebration of the Eid ul-Adha. A statement signed by the sector minister, Ambrose Dery entreated the public to observe the holiday throughout the country. The Eid ul-Adha is an Islamic religious festival to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[1010,2413,3,4595],"yoast_head":"\n