President Buhari Sends HeartWarming Message To Nigerians On Eid-El-Kabir

As the Muslim faithfuls celebrate the 2016 Eid-El-Kabir, President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerians for their steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times confronting the country.

In the president’s Eid-el-Kabir message which was released in Abuja on Sunday, he gave the assurance that his administration would get the economy right.

Read the full statement below:

”Fellow Compatriots, as you celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir, I salute your steadfastness in spite of the difficult economic times the country is going through. The lessons of the Eid are piety and sacrifice and, my dear brothers and sisters, you have exhibited these in equal measure.

The present recession is as a result of cumulative effects of worldwide economic downturn and failure in the past to plan and save for difficult times. It is impossible to separate the present from the past to appreciate the extent to which mistakes of the past are affecting everyday life today.

I assure you that this administration is working round the clock to remove the hardships the country is going through. Rail and road constructions, projects in the housing sector, support for farmers and for small and medium scale industries, youth and women’s empowerment programmes, support for revival of industries are all designed to reinvigorate the economy and enhance living standards of ordinary people.

We are getting security right. We are stopping corruption in its tracks and we will get the economy right by the Grace of God.

I enjoin Muslims to live by the dictates of Islam, to keep good relationships with their Christian brothers and sisters and as patriots to maintain the spirit of the Nigerian nation.

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I wish everyone happy holidays.

Muhammadu Buhari.”

Similarly, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Samson Ayokunle, pleaded with Nigerians to shun hatred and embrace love and peace as Muslims celebrate Eid-el Kabir on Monday, September 12, 2016.

He also congratulated Muslims over the celebration in a statement he made available in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.