Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Yelwa, has appealed to Muslims to pray for President Bola Tinubu and other leaders to discharge their duties effectively, to move the country towards a path of sustainable development
Sadiq-Yelwa made the appeal at the celebration of a Maulud Nabiyi (SWA) organised by Khalifa Abdullahi Idris Zawiyya in Fogun area, Bida, Niger state on Thursday.
“There is the need for Muslims to use the holy month of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to pray fervently for the successful tenure of President Bola Tinubu and leaders at all levels for God to guide and guard them to deliver the much-needed dividends of democracy.”
He said that prayer was the only weapon that would guide the leaders to turn the country’s fortune for better and would assist in addressing the mirage of challenges that the nation was facing.
The managing director also urged Muslims to emulate the virtues of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) for peace and progress of the nation.
He said it was not just enough to be a Muslim, “but you must also have the fear of Allah and behave in the most acceptable manner to your fellow human beings”.
“Let us revive the teachings of the prophet by preaching peace wherever we find ourselves,” he said.
He also urged Muslims to use the Maulud period to pray for the peace, unity and progress of the country.