The Nigerian authorities have ordered that flags in the country and the country’s missions abroad be be flown at half-mast to honour Queen Elizabeth II.
The UK Queen died on Thursday, September 8, 2023 and has been succeeded by her first son Charles who is now King Charles 111.
The Nigerian government also commiserated with the government and people of the United Kingdom on the passing of Queen Elizabeth who is expected to be buried next to her late husband, Prince Philip, and her father, King George VI.
The federal government’s directive, was to mourn the passage of the British monarch.
A statement signed by the minister of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Friday night, September 9 said that the Nigerian flags should fly at half-mast between Sunday, September 11 and Monday, September 12.
“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 September 12, 2022.
“We commiserate with the government and people of the UK and all the affected people of the Commonwealth and the world,” the minister said.