Ramadan: Atiku Speaks On What Muslims Should Do For Nigeria

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 2019 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has urged Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray for Nigeria.

Abubakar enjoined the Muslim Ummah to also use the Ramadan period to re-dedicate and re-connect themselves to the virtues of Prophet Muhammad.

The former Vice President gave the call in a statement he personally signed and posted on his verified Facebook handle, on Monday.

The statement reads: “I greet the Muslim Ummah as we begin the month of Ramadan and I urge that we use this holy and August month to pray for our dearly beloved nation and its people.

“Prophet Mohammed (SAW) said ,”When the month of Ramadan starts, the gates of heaven are opened”. Let us take advantage of these open heavens to make Ramadan intercession for the benefit of our country, our countrymen and women and for humanity as a race.

“I call on one and all to remember that Nigerians are who would make Nigeria either great or dismal through our thoughts, words and actions. Therefore, Ramadan is an opportunity for us to rededicate ourselves to the virtues displayed by the Prophet.

“Virtues such as brotherly love and community spirit, without which a country shall be just a hollow shell.

“When we make ideals our goal this Ramadan, we will, by Allah’s grace, be able to reach a turning point in our individual, family and national lives that will bring about the rebirth of Nigeria as a nation that functions to provide peace, progress and prosperity to each and every citizen.

“Therefore, as we use this fasting period of Ramadan to master ourselves through discipline, abstinence, prayer and self-sacrifice, may Allah (SWT) hear our prayers and see us through so that we will finish what we started today in good health and a sound body.

“Some of our challenges may look like they will overwhelm us, but during the month of Ramadan, our connection and re-connection with Allah (SWT) makes our resolve stronger and our challenges weaker. We are thus able to gain a new lease of life and a powerfully divine paradigm of possibilities over impossibilities. This is the beauty of Ramadan.

“May Allah bless you my brothers and sisters, may Allah bless Nigeria and may Allah hear your prayers. Amin.”

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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