All work without play, makes jack a dull boy they say and even traditional Nigeria people do say ‘Body no be firewood’ meaning for every hardworking individual there should be a public holiday which will serve as leisure time aside weekends.
However most of the public holidays serve as a festivity break either for religion, nation, culture etc. below is the list of annually declared public holidays in Nigeria
1st of January New Year
14th of April Good Friday
17th of April Easter Monday
1st of May Workers Day
27th of May Children’s Day
29th of May Democracy Day
*26th of June Eid -el-Fitr
*2nd of September Eid-el-Kabir
1st of October Independence Day
25th of December Christmas Day
26th of December Boxing Day
The asterisk (*) public holiday may changed due to the changes in hijra calendar because it depends on moon sighting. This is mainly for the year 2017 and others.