The Federal Government has announced that the annual Abuja carnival will now hold from November 23 to November 25.

The carnival was usually held in the first week of November.

The new date was announced by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Mrs Grace Gekpe.

According to her, the new date was to allow for adequate planning ahead of the event by the ministry.

While promising that the event would be interesting, she apologised for any inconvenience the change in date might have caused.