President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims to keep their spirits up in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.
Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the president made the call in his Sallah message to Muslims on the occasion of this year’sAccording to President Buhari, the deadly virus, which caught the world off guard, and has put a damper on what would otherwise have been ”a time of celebration for the Muslim faithful to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period.
”This year’s fasting period was particularly challenging for Muslims because they had to forgo many important aspects of their daily worship, including the routine congregations for prayer and the recitation and interpretation of the Holy Qur’an as well as travelling for the lesser pilgrimage to Makkah.
The Nigerian leader commended the sacrifices of both Muslims and Christians for their cooperation in the enforcement of the social distancing guidelines. “No government would intentionally impose these tough and demanding measures on its citizens if it had a choice.”President Buhari also appealed to other Nigerians “whose businesses and means of livelihoods were badly affected by the prolonged lockdown measures for their understanding and cooperation.”He assured Nigerians that the lockdown measures would not go on longer than necessary because “they would be reviewed from time to time to ease the increasing hardships on the people.
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