#Fromminna:Muslims, Christians Offer Prayers for President Buhari in Minna And 25 local Government Areas of Niger State

The Director General, Bureau for Religious Affairs, Dr. Umar Farooq Abdullahi, has said that a special interfaith prayer sessions conducted by both Muslims and Christians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration was held across the 25 local government areas of the state.

The DG, in a statement issued to journalists and signed by the secretary of the committee for peace and conflict resolution, Mal. Kobo Abdulazeez, said that it is the duty of all the citizens of this country to pray for divine intervention for the president and also for the wellbeing and prosperity of Niger State and the country as a whole.

He affirmed that prayer is a believer’s sword and shield and also that “the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Abubakar Sani Bello are products of our prayers for ‘change’. He said it is indispensable to keep up praying for the success of the administration so that our yearnings and aspirations for sustainable development through unity and diversity could be achieved.

Dr. Farooq prayed Allah (SWT) answers all our good prayers and reward the good people of this country.

To that effect, the Chief Imam of Minna Central Mosque, Mal. Ibrahim Isah Fari has in his Juma’at sermon, offered special prayers for good health and safe return of our president urging our Christian brothers to do same in their Sunday Church service; he used the opportunity to call on all Nigerians to be patient. “We should be thankful to Allah for things are going well as the vice president is acting, there is no vacuum in the administration of the country,” the chief imam said.

Sheikh Fari prayed to Allah to grant the president good health, safe return back home, peace and stability in Niger State and the country as a whole.

Similar prayers were offered across all the Juma’at Mosques in Minna and all the 25 local government areas of Niger State under the umbrella of Niger State Juma’at Mosques Imams’ Forum on Friday.

The Churches under the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria, conducted special prayers for the president and his administration in their Sunday Church services calling on all Nigerians to work together and pray hard for the success of this administration at both the local, state and federal levels.