President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sent Eid greetings on the occasion of Eid El-Adha that is being celebrated across the world by Muslim faithfuls.
In his message marking the auspicious Muslim occasion, the President restates the determination of his administration to create a just, harmonious and prosperous country in which the safety of life and property is assured.
Reflecting on current challenges facing the country, the President stated that the “COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the economies of all countries, including Nigeria, in addition to the fact that floods have caused large scale destruction to agricultural farmlands, thereby impacting negatively on our efforts to boost local production in line with our policy to drastically reduce food importation.
This, he explained, has led to food inflation which the government is working hard to address.
According to President Buhari, “no government in our recent history has invested as heavily as his administration is doing to promote local production of about 20 other commodities, through the provision of loans and several other forms of support to our farmers.
The President also noted that the current insecurity in the country “has produced severe and adverse effects on agriculture because farmers are prevented from accessing their farms by bandits and terrorists.
He reassured Nigerians that his administration is taking measures to address the country’s security challenges as they have started taking delivery of fighter aircraft and other necessary military equipment and hardware to improve the capacity of the nation’s security forces to confront terrorism and banditry.
Speaking on the significance of the Eid El-Kabir celebration, the President appealed to Muslims “to demonstrate the good virtues of Islam through personal examples and not Take advantage of the celebration to exploit fellow citizens through outrageous prices of food items.
Buhari urged all Muslims to continue to live in peace and harmony with their fellow Nigerians of other faiths in the spirit of peaceful coexistence. He also urged them to pray for the progress of Nigeria at all times as well as expose undesirable elements among the citizenry who are creating security problems for the country.
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