Tag: ZIK OF AFRICA

Activist urges FG to declare Nov. 16 public holiday to celebrate Zik-of-Africa

Nov 16, 2021

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by

Kehinde Ajose

in News, Nigeria

A human rights activist, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, has urged the Federal Government to complete the processes of immortalising Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, by declaring Nov. 16 as public holiday to celebrate him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Azikiwe, popularly called Zik-of-Africa worked patriotically and selflessly towards actualising Nigeria Independence on Oct.1, 1960 and…