DELTA Governor, Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged Nigerians to have full recourse to God for solution to protecting insecurity in the country.
He made the call in his message to Muslims in Delta and across the country on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr celebration.
In the message conveyed in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika in Asaba, the governor said that Muslims and Christians should intensify prayers to complement federal and states’ governments efforts at ending insecurity in the country.
He added that Nigerians should also pray for the peace of the nation and to avert a possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
He urged the Muslim faithful to extend the spiritual benefits of Ramadan, which were love, peace and justice to their daily living “as through this, they will be contributing to the development of the nation”.
According to Okowa, this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration is coming at a time when the country is plagued by varying security challenges, which call for fervent prayers.
He charged all Muslim faithful and Nigerians to use the celebration for sober reflection and supplication for peace, unity and progress of the nation.
“On behalf of my family, the government and people of Delta, I extend warmest wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid-el-Fitr in Delta, Nigeria and around the world.
“I congratulate His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and all our countrymen and women who have successfully undertaken the month-long Ramadan fasting.
“It is my hope and prayer that Ramadan’s spiritual lessons and the Holy Prophet’s teachings of piety, love, justice, fairness, equity, peaceful co-existence, tolerance, honesty and dedication to duty will guide our interactions and daily living,’’ Okowa said.
Also, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has called on Muslim faithful to use the Eld-el-Fitr to pray for peace and unity in the Country.
The Speaker in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Dennis Otu implored Muslim faithful in the country not to relent in their prayers for peace and unity of the nation.
While calling on Muslim faith to extend the spiritual benefits of Ramadan to all and sundry, the Speaker who is also the national Deputy Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of state legislatures in Nigeria said that the country was in need of prayers to overcome the challenges confronting the nation and the people.
“Let me felicitate with Muslim faithful on the occasion of the 2021 Eid-el-Fitri celebration and the successful end of Ramadan fast. I want to use this medium to call on all Nigerians to remember our beloved country in their prayers. We should double our prayers for our country as a result of the numerous challenges we are facing in the country”, he stated.
The Speaker added that; “We need to tolerate one another and live in harmony so that our country can know peace and development and extended his warm wishes to Muslim faithful in the state in particular and the country in general.
