Godswill Akpabio, president of the Senate, congratulated Muslims on this year’s Eid-Kabir celebration and urged them to remember the season’s core values—love, obedience, and perseverance—while they rejoiced.
In a statement released by his office’s Media Unit, Akpabio asked Nigerians to refrain from resentment and animosity and embrace love, unity, and religion during the celebration.
According to the statement, “It is only in a state of peace and tranquillity that governments at all levels would be able to lift the country out of its current economic situation.”
Akpabio assured Nigerians that the government at all levels were working round the clock to reduce the economic hardship currently being faced by the masses with the removal of fuel subsidy, noting that “the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is working with the relevant agencies to return the country to the path of greatness and prosperity.”
He charged Nigerians to continue to pray for the country’s leadership during this period, saying, “The leadership of this country needs prayers and support from everyone, without any regard for political, religious or ethnic leanings, because economic hardship does not recognise politics, religion, or ethnic divides. This is a time when all hands must be on deck to salvage the situation for the benefit of Nigerians at home and in the diaspora.”
