Governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi has declared today, Monday, October. 3, 2016 as a public holiday to mark the Islamic New Year, 1438 AH.
He made the declaration yesterday at the 1438 Hijrah Grand Rally organised by the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) held at the Lekan Salami Sports, Adamasingba, Ibadan.
It will be recalled that October 3 is the lunar month of Muharram, which is the first month of the Islamic calendar while the Islamic year calendar had started counting in 622 AD after the emigration of Prophet Muhammed from Mecca to Medina in Saudi-Arabia.
Addressing the Rally, Governor Ajimobi stated that Hijrah, the beginning of the new year in the Islamic calendar availed another opportunity for Muslims worldwide to reflect on their past and channel a new way of life.
