{"id":48955,"date":"2021-05-13T20:02:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=48955"},"modified":"2021-05-13T20:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:02:58","slug":"niger-gov-abubakar-sani-bello-advocates-the-need-for-peace-as-muslims-mark-eid-el-fitr-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/niger-gov-abubakar-sani-bello-advocates-the-need-for-peace-as-muslims-mark-eid-el-fitr-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello Advocates The Need For Peace, As Muslims Mark Eid El Fitr Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olabode Adaramola<\/p>\n<p>Niger Gov.\u00a0 Abubakar Sani Bello Advocates\u00a0 The\u00a0 Need For\u00a0 Peace,\u00a0 As Muslims\u00a0 Mark Eid El Fitr<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has advocated the need for peace as Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid-el Fitir marking the end of Ramadan Fast.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sani Bello stated\u00a0 this on Thursday\u00a0 after observing two raka&#8217;at prayers with other faithfuls at the Kontagora Eid praying Ground.<\/p>\n<p>While congratulating Muslims for their perseverance during the Ramadan period, the governor admonished the citizens to be cautious of their environment and report any suspicious and uncomfortable movements within their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the need for the people to intensify prayers so that peace was restored to Nigeria especially Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent times we have experienced a lot of security challenges, this calls for the need for fervent prayers \u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the security agencies were doing their best believing that\u00a0 peace will soon return to the country.<\/p>\n<p>In his sermon, Chief Imam of the Emir&#8217;s\u00a0 Palace Kontagora, Mallam Shehu Rimaye who led the two raka\u2019at prayers expressed gratitude to Allah for guiding them through the Ramadan period amidst security challenges.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>He commended the efforts of the security agencies\u00a0 in conjunction with government in fighting criminal elements in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In his sermon, Chief Imam of the Emir&#8217;s\u00a0 Palace Kontagora, Mallam Shehu Rimaye who led the two raka\u2019at prayers expressed gratitude to Allah for guiding them through the Ramadan period amidst security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He commended the efforts of the security agencies\u00a0 in conjunction with government in fighting criminal elements in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Mallam Rimaye called on Muslims to continue with prayers, admonishing them to desist from criticizing leaders unnecessarily<\/p>\n<p>The Imam cautioned parents to give their children good parenting, urging them to stop their wards from indecent dressing which he described as unislamic.<\/p>\n<p>The Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji\u00a0 Saidu Namaska was represented at the occasion\u00a0 by the Madawaki of Kontagora, Alhaji\u00a0 Aminu Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sani Bello later\u00a0 paid visit to the Emir of Kontagora in his palace after the Eid Prayer.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niger Gov.\u00a0 Abubakar Sani Bello Advocates\u00a0 The\u00a0 Need For\u00a0 Peace,\u00a0 As Muslims\u00a0 Mark Eid El Fitr\u00a0\u00a0<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[5542,772],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-48955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-abubakar-sani-bello","tag-niger-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Niger Gov. 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