The Federal Government declared on Friday night that flags in both the country and foreign Missions must be flown at half-mast.
This, according to the government was to mourn and show respect to the passage of Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday.
Also, the FG would sign a condolence register on Saturday at the residence of the British High Commissioner in Abuja.
Meanwhile, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, e-signed and issued a Statement on Friday night, stating that the Nigerian flags should fly at half-mast between September 11 and 12, 2022.
The Nigerian government commiserated with the government and people of the United Kingdom and all the affected people of the Commonwealth and the World on the passage of the Queen.
The statement reads:” In honour of Queen Elizabeth II, the sovereign of the United Kingdom, Chairman of the Commonwealth and an eminent global personality whose passage to eternity was announced yesterday, the Ministry of Interior of the Federal Republic of Nigeria declares that all flags in Nigeria and our missions abroad be flown at half mast on Sunday September 11, 2022 and Monday 12, 2022.
“We commiserate with the government and people of the United Kingdom and all the affected people of the Commonwealth and the World.
“The Queen is dead, long live the king.”
