The Ministry of Interior has refuted a trending news in the media purportedly credited to the ministry announcing public holidays for the Yuletide. 
The Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Afonja Ajibola, made this known on Saturday in Abuja.
Ajibola said the ministry had not issued any statement on public holiday for the yuletide.
Ajibola said the trending media report was false as the Federal Government had yet to formally declare a public holiday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some media outfits on Friday carried reports that the Federal Government had declared December 26 and 27, 2022 and January 2, 2023 as public holidays.
The Ministry advised members of the public to disregard the trending news and await a formal public announcement on the issue in the next few days.
