Aregbesola said flags will fly at half-mast on September 11 and September 12 to honour Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The federal government has ordered that all flags in the country and missions abroad be flown at half-mast in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.
The directive was given on Friday September 9 by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.
“The flags will fly at half-mast on September 11 and September 12 to honour the late queen,” Aregbesola said.
Also, the apex socio-cultural organisation in Igbo land, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the Presidency to jettison the call to name the University of Nigeria Nsukka after Queen Elizabeth University of Nigeria, saying such move can be best for Aso Rock in Abuja or other parts of the North.
This was as it stressed that the former presidential aspirant of the Young Progressives Party, Adamu Garba, must tender an apology to Ndigbo for making such unhistorical remark.
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Garba, had, on Friday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to immortalise Queen Elizabeth who died on Thursday, at 96, by renaming the UNN after her.
But reacting, the Chidi Ibeh-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, in a statement by its Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said such remark was capable of instigating conflict in the country.