This is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year.
The day is meant to honour the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command.
A gazette published on Thursday read “It is notified for the general information of the public that in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Public Holidays Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Co-ordination of National Government declares that Monday, the 12th August 2019 be a public holiday to mark Idd-ul-Azha,”
