Governor of Katsina State, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has congratulated Muslim ummah as they celebrate the 2023 Eid-ul-Adha (the festival of sacrifice) on Wednesday.
A statement by the Governor’s chief press secretary, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, sent to LEADERSHIP on Tuesday, said Radda urged Muslims in Katsina state and other parts of the country, to steadfastly pray for national unity, peace and integration in the spirit of the season.
According to Radda, the religious festival affords Muslims across the world, together with their colleagues in Nigeria, the opportunity to appreciate their creator’s endless favour on their lives.
“This solemn festival should be reawaken our brotherhood spirit. Irrespective of our religious and ideological creeds, we must see each other as one. It is fundamental that we should all live peacefully and harmoniously. That is what will help to foster peace, love and true brotherhood among all Nigerians,” he said.
He emphasised that Muslims, like Prophet Ibrahim, who dutifully obeyed Allah and offered to sacrifice his beloved son, Ismail, should rededicate themselves to sincerely worshipping their divine Lord, and adhere to religious injunctions that will earn them God’s abundant favours, both in this world and in the hereafter.
“The Eid-il-Kabir festival should definitely go beyond the slaughtering of rams to sharing love and material possessions not only with relatives or acquaintances, but also with the displaced, the elderly, the orphans and other people at the margin of the society, including those with special needs,” the governor stated.
He noted that Nigeria, as a nation, is at a critical juncture of its evolution, occasioned by various challenges hindering the country’s progress economically.
Radda observed that while President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governors and other political leaders assiduously work towards rebuilding the Nigerian State, the support, prayers and goodwill of the masses were needed to guide the leaders.
