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The flags of Nigeria, at home and abroad, will fly at half mast in honor of the passage of Queen Elizabeth II, the federal government said Friday evening.
According to a statement by the Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the flags would have flown at half mast from Sunday November 11 to Monday November 12, 2022.
The government has expressed its condolences to the government and people of the United Kingdom, and to all the people of the Commonwealth and the world affected by the passing of the Queen.
The statement reads: “In honor of Queen Elizabeth II, sovereign of the United Kingdom, President of the Commonwealth and world-class personalities whose transition to eternity was announced yesterday, the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Nigeria declares that all flags in Nigeria and our overseas missions will be flown at half mast on Sunday, September 11, 2022 and Monday, September 12, 2022.”
“We stand in solidarity with the government, the people of the UK and all those affected in the Commonwealth and around the world.” The queen is dead, long live the king.
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