President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast in all public buildings, facilities, and official residences across the country.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, BOSS MUSTAPHA, who announced in a statement said the directive is with effect from Monday to Wednesday.
He explained that the presidential directive was to honour the memory and services of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General IBRAHIM ATTAHIRU, as well as the senior military officers and service members who died in a plane crash on Friday last week.
MUSTAPHA added that the President has approved Monday as a work-free day for members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.
The remains of the late ATTAHIRU and 10 other officers who died in the plane crash in Kaduna were laid to rest on Saturday at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja.
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria says it has recovered the flight data recorder (black box) of the ill-fated military aircraft.
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