President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his call on
Nigerians to continue to exercise patience and understanding over the
inconveniences created by the precautionary measures taken for COVID-19,
especially the regulations on places of worship.
In his Sallah message to Muslims on the occasion of
Eid-el-Kabir celebration, President Buhari said the outbreak of coronavirus has
made it difficult for people to gather in places of worship as they are used
to, urging worshipers to follow the guidelines for the safety of their lives
and loved ones.
“The coronavirus has had devastating adverse impacts on our
social, economic and spiritual lives.
“The preventive guidelines we have introduced to contain the
spread of this deadly disease have unfortunately limited people’s freedom to
gather and worship in large numbers in Mosques and Churches.
“Every measure that has been introduced to contain this
disease may have its unintended consequences on the daily lives of our people,
and I, therefore, call on Muslims and other faiths to continue to show more
understanding with the government as we take correct steps to protect our
people through the social distancing.
“No elected government would intentionally take away its
people’s religious freedom by limiting the number of people that will gather in
worship centres at the same time.
“These guidelines are dictated by necessity in order to
safeguard public health and should therefore not be perceived as infringement
on people’s right to worship.’’
President Buhari commended the sacrifices of Muslims and
Christians in abiding by the COVID-19 guidelines for the good of the society,
assuring that: “On our own part, we shall continue to provide economic reliefs
to the people to minimize the unintended hardships these guidelines have
inflicted.’’
The President reminded worshipers that COVID-19 is a
worldwide affliction with Churches and Mosques closed around the world and social
distancing imposed to safeguard public health.
While wishing Muslims a happy celebration, the President
called on worshipers not to forget the symbolic significance of the sacrifices
of the Eidel Kabir.
“Muslims should imbibe the noble virtues of our great
prophets in order to establish closer connectivity between religious teachings
and practice
“We can create the greatest impact by putting into practice
the noble teachings of our religion. In whatever we do in life, we must put the
fear of God in our daily activities in order to make our society better.’’
The President reminded the people of his efforts to root out
corruption in the country, stating that the efforts had so far brought a lot of
changes in the country’s polity and appealed for support and understanding as
investigations are carried out into both legacy cases and fresh cases.
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