Osinbajo Urges Nigerians To Pray For Buhari
By Ige Olugbenga
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday called on Nigerians to continue to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and the nation as Ramadan commences.
The acting president, in a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, also felicitated with the Muslim faithful in the country.
Osinbajo, who wished all Muslims a blessed Ramadan, also urged them to remember the less privileged in the society during the special period.
He implored them to seek maximum benefits from the Ramadan period by replicating the teachings of the Holy Prophet in all their engagements; private and public.
He appealed to all Nigerians, especially Muslims, to also use the period of Ramadan for reflection on national challenges and join forces with Buhari’s administration to overcome them.
“Being a period of spiritual perseverance, temperance, introspection and retrospection with the Almighty Allah, the Acting President urges Muslims to use the Ramadan to renew their commitments to the virtues of love and peace taught by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), and also work towards achieving them.” the statement added.
