President Muhammadu Buhari has said the government is working to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians as no elected government intentionally wants to make life difficult for its people.
The President who was speaking in his Ramadan message to Muslim faithfuls in the country said the government is working towards bringing relief to their lives through palliative measures and faithful implementation of the 2016 budget.
In his message to mark the beginning of the 30 days fasting period, the President, speaking through his Special Media Assistant, Garba Shehu, advised Muslims to use the holy month of Ramadan as an opportunity to seek forgiveness and get closer to Allah through Worship (Ibadah) and good deeds during this period.
He said the month of Ramadan is a time of spiritual reawakening which demands not only abstention from food and drinks, but also all wrongdoing.
The President queried the rationale behind the hike in prices of food as people seek to make brisk profits by hiking food prices as soon as the month of Ramadan starts.
He called on Muslim traders, businessmen and women, civil servants and political office holders to use the month of Ramadan to seek forgiveness of God by abandoning wrong practices for personal gains at the expense of others. According to the President, a religion should serve as a moral restraint from bad practices, regretting that those stealing national resources are merely paying lip service to religion.
He advised that anybody holding position of trust should remember that they would be accountable one day either on earth or
the hereafter.
