Eid-el-Kabir: FCT Minister directs Muslims to hold prayer in neighbourhood Juma’at Mosques

The minister says prayers would not be held at the National Eid prayer ground located on Airport Road in Abuja.

The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, has declared that there would be no Eid prayers at the National Eid prayer ground located on the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua expressway , in Abuja.

Mr Bello explained that the decision was reached at a meeting between the FCT administration and members of delegation from the FCT League of Imams Initiative led by its Chairman, Tajudeen Adigun, an imam. The minister said all worshippers are enjoined to hold Eid prayers in the premises of their neighbourhood Juma’at mosques.Mr Bello said that all other Eid celebrations and activities should be confined to homes as the extant guidelines on the closure of public parks, recreation, entertainment and sporting areas still subsists.

The minister reiterated that all other health and safety protocols regarding places of worship as earlier issued by the FCTA remain in effect.

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