Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has asked Muslims in the country to specially pray for peace and security in the nation as they observe Ramadan, which kicked off on Saturday in some areas.
Speaking via a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the President charged Muslim faithful to “rededicate themselves in fuller measure to the virtues of piety, self-discipline, tolerance, equity, honesty, fairness and sympathy for the less privileged which the Holy month promotes.”
Furthermore, he reassured “the entire nation that the Federal Government continues to work tirelessly to curb insurgency, terrorism and other criminal acts which have caused insecurity in parts of the country.”
”He urges Nigerians not to succumb to despair, but to remain steadfast in the firm conviction that with courage, determination, focus, decisiveness and collective support for the Armed Forces and security agencies, the country will ultimately overcome the evil agents of sectionalism, sectarianism and international terrorism who seek to disunite the nation,” the statement also said.
