The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , on Thursday, urged Muslims and Christians alike not to see the guidelines released to curtail further spread of COVID-19 as an infringement on their rig
hts to worship.Buhari made the call in his Eid-el-Kabir message made available to journalists in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
Shehu quoted Buhari as saying, “The coronavirus has had devastating adverse impacts on our social, economic and spiritual lives. “These guidelines are dictated by necessity in order to safeguard public health and should therefore not be perceived as an infringement on people’s rights to worship.’’
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