President Muhammadu
Buhari has sent his best wishes to Muslims in the country and all over the
world as they begin this year’s 30-day fast following the sighting of the moon.
“I congratulate all
Muslims as they commence this year’s Ramadan fast which is depicted by
self-denial, universal brotherhood, austerity and helping relatives and needy
people,” said the President in a statement made available on
Friday by Garba Shehu, his spokesman.
President Buhari
described Ramadan 2020 as a challenge, falling in the period of the global
pandemic, which has spread to more than 200 nations, with virtually all countries
advising citizens to avoid large gatherings and have their prayers and meals
(suhoor and iftar) individually or with family at home.
“In this Ramadan
period, the kind of socializing you are used to now risks spreading the
Coronavirus,” the President cautioned Muslims, while enjoining them to refrain
from those Ramadan rituals and traditions such as group meals and
congregational prayers that have been put on hold by Muslim religious
authorities all over the world.
President Buhari
urged Muslims to endure and not to use the Coronavirus as an excuse not to
participate in the Ramadan fast, unless such abstention is warranted by the
excuses clearly outlined by health and religious authorities.
He wished Muslims in
the country and the world all the blessings of the holy month.
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