Sallah: Gov. Buni tasks citizens to show love, kindness, respect to each other, as Borno Gov asks citizen to remember troops making sacrifices for the state

Gov. Buni

The Governors of Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has called on citizens of the state and Nigerians as a whole to showing kindness, respect and generosity to one another, just as his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum asked the people of Borno State to continue praying for troops that are making sacrifices for the state to get peace.

In their separate Sallah message made available by their spokesmen Abdullahi Bego and Isa Gusau respective, both Kanem governors called on the people to imbibe the humility and obedience of Prophet Ibrahim who offered to sacrifice his son Ismail as directed by God.

Yobe State Governor, in his message noted that for the people to achieve a happy society, the examples of Prophet Ibrahim must be emulated with total submission to the commandments of God.

He called on citizen to continue to hold unto the things that hold us together rather than dwelling on issues that divide them regardless of religious differences.

“Eid-el-Kabir is marked to commemorate the demonstration of complete submission to the will of Allah (SWT) by Prophet Ibrahim (AS) who offered to sacrifice his son, Ismail (AS) in obedience to God.

“As part of the lessons of the Eid, we should emulate the examples set by Ibrahim and Ismail (AS) by sacrificing for the good of society and by obeying Allah’s commandments wholeheartedly.

“We should therefore strive for the attainment of a happy society where we are all our brother’s keepers. This will serve to strengthen our quest for a harmonious, peaceful, disciplined, and just society.

“I urge all our citizens to continue to uphold the ties that bind all of us either as Muslims or followers of other religions together by showing and exhibiting the well cherished values of respect, kindness, love, generosity and faithfulness in furtherance of our collective wellbeing,” Gov. Buni said.

 Gov. Buni also assured of his administration’s commitment to the implementations of his program that will impact positively on the people of the state, while calling on the people to cooperate with security agencies in the fight against the security challenges in the state.

In his message, Borno state governor Babagana Umara Zulum, reminded the people of the state to dedicate their Sallah celebration and commit to prayers all security agencies in the state whom according to him are making huge sacrifices for the state to attain peace.

Gov. Zulum, apart from prayers also called on citizens to be generous in whatever they have to share with the families of the fallen heroes who have worked tirelessly and lost their lives in the state in an attempt to give peace to Borno.

"With the Eid-IL-Kabir being about faith and sacrifices in obedience to Allah, citizens should without losing focus on spiritual essence, also reflect very deeply, that even as we all gather in exciting congregations, share moments with our loved ones, exchange visits and gifts with families and friends, there are soldiers, policemen, other armed forces in the para-military and the DSS, volunteers from the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes who are in war fronts sacrificing their safety, sacrificing proximity to their loved ones and sacrificing all the sallah excitements mainly to ensure that those of us who celebrate the festivities, do so in an atmosphere of sustained peace.

“As we celebrate, each of us owes these patriotic soldiers, other armed forces and volunteers portions of our time to remember and pray that Allah keeps all of them safe and make them consistently victorious over the Boko Haram insurgents.

“Beside prayers, I appeal to citizens to share whatever they can with families of fallen soldiers, policemen, civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes within their reach, in recognition and appreciation of the sacrifices made by their bread winners to help in Borno's desperate search for peace" Professor Zulum said.

The Governor also prayed that this Sallah will be the last for thousands of displaced people and orphans who have been forced out of their homes as a result of the Boko Haram crisis.

"Thousands of orphans; hundreds of old and weak women and men‎ will be celebrating the sallah as displaced persons in government camps within Nigeria and as refugees in Republics of Niger, Cameroon and Chad. We owe them prayers for permanent peace and restoration of livelihoods in their communities so that insha'Allah, this will be their last sallah as IDPs and refugees. Aside prayers, we owe them support. I appeal to citizens to extend kinds gestures to displaced persons within their reach" the Governor said. 

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