Eid-el-Kabir: FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays

This was announced by the ministry of interior on Thursday.

Muslims worldwide are expected to mark this year’s Eid-el_kabir festival on Saturday.

The festival is used to mark the importance of obedience and sacrifice as epitomised by the Prophet Ibrahim who, according to Islamic belief, was ordered to kill his son by God, and was willing to obey the order until God replaced the sacrifice with a ram.

Millions of Muslims worldwide will kill rams in remembrance of that sacrifice.