“Muslim Faithful and indeed all Nigerians are enjoined to use the occasion of Eid el-Kabir to pray for the peace, development and prosperity of the country”, he said.
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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 created to reinvigorate the economy and enhance living standards of ordinary people.
Buhari said developmental programmes had been created to reinvigorate the economy and to enhance the living standards of the ordinary people.
The lessons of the Eid are piety and sacrifice and, my dear brothers and sisters, you have exhibited these in equal measure.
“My message to Nigerians is that we are on the right track, we do not expect that things that have been bad for years will just be normalised in one or two years, no”.
Saraki said: “I sincerely rejoice with all Nigerians especially the Muslim faithful on yet another Eid-el-Kabir, which is both a period of sacrifice and obedience to divine guidance and a time to share our resources with our neighbours no matter how little”.
“Truly, times are tough, but we are a tough people too”.
He said: “We should thank God this year, the reports I’m getting, which is very pleasing, is that we will have a bumper harvest this year”.
He observed that despite the current economic challenges, the country and its people have all that is required to come out better and stronger.
Tambuwal, in a message to commemorate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, said the reforms instituted by the APC-led Federal Government were created to start the journey to the country’s development and self-reliance.
Ogundiya said, “If there is no integrity, we will still go back to square one”.
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Others, according to him, included members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Association of Local Government Employees (NULGE ), and Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU). Their aides should also be honest. “Nigerians will buy locally produced goods if they are available and importation of such is banned or there is heavy tariff on them”.
