Nigerian bellwethers including Senate President, David Mark, Governors Kayode Fayemi and Rotimi Amaechi of Ekiti and Rivers states respectively, on Sunday enjoined Muslims to make the perpetuated survival of Nigeria the focal point of their prayers as they joined their colleagues in the world to observe the Ramadan fasting.
Mark in a goodwill message to the Muslim faithful, contained in a verbal expression by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Paul Mumeh, urged them to pray for the nation and its people in order to surmount the endeavoring times.
He verbalized, “More than anything else, the nation requires your fortification and prayer to triumph over forces of evil facing the nation.
“Our security operatives have been overstretched. Our people are daily being killed needlessly. Our only hope is in the divine intervention of the Almighty Creator to salvage the situation.
“It has therefore become imperative that you commit yourselves to praying for the placidity, unity and survival of Nigeria in this holy month of Ramadan.”
He withal called for support and cooperation of Nigerians to the security operatives to combat the menace of insurgents ravaging the country.
Mark canvassed religious tolerance between and among religious groups pointing out that in spite of the security challenges, the unity of Nigeria should not be compromised.
Withal, Fayemi in a verbalization by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode, described Ramadan as “the glory of all months in the Islamic calendar.”
He integrated that Ramadan expeditious was one of the five pillars of Islam that Muslims must stringently adhere to it in line with the injunction of the Almighty Allah.
Stating that Ramadan offered an opportunity to draw more proximate to Allah and deepen relationship with him in submission to his will, he urged Muslims to utilize the period to pray for placidity to reign in all the troubled spots in the country.
The governor additionally urged them to utilize the Ramadan season to pray for tranquility and prosperity in Ekiti State, especially as the state was about to witness a vicissitude in leadership.
Fayemi explicated that Allah established Ramadan to establish equipollence among the faithful irrespective of gregarious status.
Amaechi, in a verbalization signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. David Iyofor, in Port Harcourt on Sunday, urged Muslims to make Nigeria their focal prayer point as they observed the Ramadan rites.
The governor withal expressed the desideratum for Muslims to utilize the Ramadan period to engage in sedulously assiduous prayers for the country’s bellwethers to enable them to act right to the benefit of the masses.
“At this point in the life of our country where placidity and safety of the citizens has become critical, it is evident that we require divine intervention in our nation.”
Additionally, the lawmaker representing Lagos East Constituency, Gbenga Ashafa, has challenged Muslims to pray for tranquility in Nigeria afore breaking their expeditious circadianly.
Ashafa in a Ramadan message on Sunday, verbally expressed Muslims must utilize the opportunity of their holy month to intercede for tranquility.
He verbally expressed, “At this moment, fasting faithful muslims prayer is accepted facilely by God. One of those moments that God accepts prayer facilely is the moment afore breaking expeditious. Muslims should always pray for Nigeria during the Tarawih (evening prayer) and during their Tahajud (mid-night prayer).”
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