...Declares Jan 19 work free day to mark Islamic year
AS the Hijra calendar of 1427 AH bids farewell to the Muslim Ummah throughout the globe, Kano state government has declared Friday, the First Day of Muharram 1428, equivalent to January 19, 2007 as work-free-day for all workers throughout the state.
According to a press release signed by Aminu Yusuf Kura, public relations officer in the office of the Head of Civil Service, the break is to allow workers and other Muslims to celebrate the commencement of the new Islamic year.
The statement indicated that the development was in line with the state government’s adoption of the First Day of Muharram each year, as work-free-day. The observance of the break was started in 2004.
It therefore, convey the prayers of the state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, for a prosperous new Islamic year for all the Muslims, and further solicited prayers from all and sundry for the continued peace and progress of the state and the nation.