Monday, December 25, Tuesday, December 26, 2017; and Monday, January 1, 2018 have been announced open occasions by the government.

The three days - Christmas day, Boxing day, New Year-were declared as occasions in an announcement made for the benefit of the legislature by the Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen. Abdulralman Dambazau (rtd).

Dambazau charged Christians and all Nigerians to utilize the period to petition God for proceeded with development and advancement of the nation. 

He additionally asked all subjects, both at home and abroad, to toss their weight behind the Buhari-drove organization as it works towards bettering the part of Nigerians.