As Muslims in Nigeria join their counterparts the world over
to mark the commencement of the Holy Month of Ramadan,
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has called for
strict adherence to the dictates of Islam.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the
Governor, Habib Aruna, Mr. Ambode said the Holy Month of
Ramadan signifies piety and total abstinence from food and
all vices for all believers.
While urging that the period of abstinence should also
accentuate orderly behavior and obedience to constituted
authority, the Governor said with the fear of God, people will
obey all laws.
He said all Muslims must ensure that the abstinence from all
vices which is embraced during the Ramadan period should
become an everyday affair because in doing so, each person
would be at peace with him or herself.
The Governor, who also used the occasion to preach
peaceful coexistence among all residents of the state, added
that it is only in a peaceful atmosphere that all plans and
programmes of the present government can be actualised.
“At this critical period of nation building, the lessons of the
holy month of Ramadan must permeate all actions and
deeds of the people in such a way that each person serve as
his brother’s keeper always,” the Governor said.
He said it should also be a period of rededication to the
ideals of nation building by the entire citizenry, especially at
this period when majority of Nigerians have expressed their
choice at the polls for a Change which must be total and all
encompassing.
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