As the Eid-el-Kabir celebration continues throughout the country, Muslim Ummah have been called upon to practice the virtue of Islam as professed by Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau state, who made the call in a statement felicitating with the Muslim faithful at the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, said the period “signifi es faithful and sacrifi cial obedience to God, as exemplifi ed by, Prophet Ibrahim, who was prepared to off er his son as an act of worship to Allah (SWT).
” Th e statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Aff airs, Hon.
Samuel Emmanuel Nanle, said Lalong expressed delight that with the deepening of the gains of democracy and the consolidation of peace and security by the APC led Government, the Nation was surely on the threshold of progress.
“As people of faith, Muslim faithful should continue to demonstrate the virtue of love, good neighbourliness and peaceful co-existence always,” he noted.
Lalong thanked the Muslim Ummah and other patriotic citizens for their prayers during the Presidents medical vacation, this he said is still needed for the economic recovery of our nation.
He, therefore, enjoined all the Muslims while celebrating the Eid-El Kabir to sustain their prayers for the unity and stability of the country,” the statement read in part.
