08/08/2026
Section 15 sub-section 5 of the Interpretation Act Chapter 192 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) defines Holiday as a day which is a Sunday or a public holiday.
From this definition, it clearly means that Saturday is not a Holiday as provided by the Interpretation Act.
The question now is, why is Saturday not a working day if it's not a holiday?
A further question worthy of asking is - why is Saturday excluded in the definition of holiday when a court process or correspondence/letter cannot be effectively served on any public or private office or their staff on a Saturday, yet the Interpretation Act impliedly refers Saturday as a working day, if it's not a holiday.
Worst still is the fact that while computing default fees during filing of court processes, Saturdays are included in the computation of default days, even though no single public and private office or their staff goes to office on a Saturday for the purpose of been served with a processes. I see this as an act of extortion, which must be challenged in court for the purpose of effecting an amendment of as to the true days that constitute HOLIDAYS.
