Sources: African Press Agency (Niamey) and Niger public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Niger has declared Thursday, June 19, 2008, a one-off public holiday throughout the country, to mark the a national census to update the electoral roll in the country’s 265 communes, ahead of the 2009 general polls, whose date remains to be announced, but will probably be in November.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Niger Declares June 19 Census Start A Public Holiday
Sources: African Press Agency (Niamey) and Niger public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Niger has declared Thursday, June 19, 2008, a one-off public holiday throughout the country, to mark the a national census to update the electoral roll in the country’s 265 communes, ahead of the 2009 general polls, whose date remains to be announced, but will probably be in November.