{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-nigeria-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "ng-federal-public-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "NG (Nigeria 2026 nationwide federal public-holiday calendar over a Saturday-Sunday weekend)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Nigeria 2026 nationwide federal public-holiday calendar over a Saturday-Sunday weekend",
  "holiday_policy": "Nigeria_Public_Holidays_Act_and_2026_Federal_Government_Announcements",
  "substitute_day_policy": "published_official_dates_only; no automatic weekend_lieu_day; later federal public notice overrides",
  "limitation": "This is the nationwide federal public-holiday layer, not a universal private-employer, state, local-government, school, banking, market, diplomatic-mission or sector calendar. Ministry of Interior announcements take precedence over conflicting secondary or diplomatic snapshots for federal dates. Eid dates are lunar and can be amended by later official notice. The Public Holidays Act permits special or substituted dates and explicitly does not create an automatic extra day for a holiday falling on Saturday or Sunday; no replacement day is invented here.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Act; Ministry of Interior 2025-12-22 announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-19",
      "name": "Eid-ul-Fitr",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-20",
      "name": "Eid-ul-Fitr",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal Easter announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-06",
      "name": "Easter Monday",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal Easter announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "Workers' Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal Workers' Day announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-27",
      "name": "Eid ul-Adha",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-28",
      "name": "Eid ul-Adha",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-12",
      "name": "Democracy Day",
      "kind": "federal_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-25",
      "name": "Eid ul-Mawlid",
      "kind": "religious_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Ministry of Interior federal announcement"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-01",
      "name": "Independence Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Act; official diplomatic calendar cross-check"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Public Holidays Act; official diplomatic calendar cross-check"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-26",
      "name": "Boxing Day",
      "kind": "statutory_public_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Official diplomatic calendar cross-check; no inferred substitute day"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Nigeria Ministry of Interior – Public Holiday announcements",
      "url": "https://interior.gov.ng/category/public-holiday/",
      "type": "government_official_public_holiday_index",
      "scope": "Federal Government public-holiday announcements for 2026, including Eid-ul-Fitr, Easter, Workers' Day and Eid ul Mawlid."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nigeria Ministry of Interior – Eid-ul-Fitr 2026 announcement",
      "url": "https://interior.gov.ng/federal-government-declares-thursday-19th-and-friday-20th-march-2026-as-public-holidays-to-mark-eid-ul-fitr/",
      "type": "government_official_news_release",
      "scope": "Federal declaration of 19 and 20 March 2026; takes precedence over conflicting secondary calendars."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nigeria Ministry of Interior – Easter 2026 announcement",
      "url": "https://interior.gov.ng/fg-declares-friday-3rd-and-monday-6th-april-2026-as-public-holidays-to-mark-easter-celebration/",
      "type": "government_official_news_release",
      "scope": "Federal declaration of Good Friday and Easter Monday."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nigeria Ministry of Interior – Workers' Day 2026 announcement",
      "url": "https://interior.gov.ng/fg-declares-friday-1st-may-2026-as-public-holiday-to-mark-2026-workers-day-celebration/",
      "type": "government_official_news_release",
      "scope": "Federal declaration of 1 May 2026."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nigeria Federal Ministry of Information – Democracy Day 2026 announcement",
      "url": "https://fmino.gov.ng/federal-government-declares-june-12-2026-public-holiday-in-commemoration-of-democracy-day/",
      "type": "government_official_news_release",
      "scope": "Federal declaration of 12 June 2026 Democracy Day."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa – 2026 public holidays",
      "url": "https://nigeriahcottawa.ca/public-holidays/",
      "type": "official_diplomatic_calendar_cross_check",
      "scope": "Embassy-published national calendar cross-check; it warns dates may be modified by later official announcements and differs on the Eid-ul-Fitr dates."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nigeria Public Holidays Act",
      "url": "https://www.placng.org/lawsofnigeria/view2.php?sn=467",
      "type": "legal_reference",
      "scope": "Legal framework for nationwide public holidays, presidential/ministerial changes and no automatic lieu day for weekend holidays; the 2026 package follows current federal announcements where they update statutory dates."
    },
    {
      "name": "Punch Nigeria – public-holiday reporting",
      "url": "https://punchng.com/tags/public-holiday/",
      "type": "reputable_news_cross_check",
      "scope": "Independent reporting used only to cross-check federal announcements and distinguish state/local or sector-specific closures."
    }
  ]
}