Olalekan Adetayo, John Alechenu,Sunday Aborisade, Leke Baiyewu, Gbenga Odogun,The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , on Thursday urged Muslims and Christians alike not to see the guidelines r
eleased to curtail further spread of COVID-19 as infringement on their rights to worship.Buhari made the call in his Eid-el-Kabir message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
In the same vein, the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in his goodwill message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode, urged all Muslims to endure the inconveniences occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic which had reduced the pomp associated with the celebration of the Eid Kabir festival.
Also, the Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, urged Nigerians to see the pandemic as a test from God which required a combination of faith in the Almighty, collective discipline to the flattening of the curve. Also in his message, the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said, “As a people of faith, let us continue to seek the face of the Almighty in our various national wars, be they against insecurity or the COVID-19 pandemic, and as we strive to make Nigeria a comfortable home for all its citizens.”
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