President Muhammadu Buhari in a message to Nigerians, especially the Muslim faithful as they mark the birth of Prophet Mohammed, urged all citizens, and the youth in particular, to refrain from all negative tendencies as manifested in the recent hijacking of peaceful protests to loot and destroy public and private property. The president's message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled “President Buhari welcomes Maulud, urges love and understanding among citizens.” Mr. President cautioned that Nigeria’s economy is too fragile to bear another round of coronavirus lockdown.
President Muhammadu Buhari promised, on Thursday, to bring to justice erring police officers and those involved in looting and destroying public and private properties in the wake of the #EndSARS protests, urging all citizens to use the occasion of Eid-el-Maulud to reflect on the virtues of the Holy Prophet by showing love and understanding for fellow citizens. This, he said, they could do by exhibiting patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness and generosity in all their undertakings.
He, therefore, urged all citizens to use the celebration to reflect on the virtues of the Holy Prophet by showing love and understanding for fellow citizens while exhibiting patience, honesty, sincerity, kindness and generosity in all their undertakings.
On the COVID-19 pandemic, President Buhari, while noting that the country has so far managed the crisis successfully by keeping the numbers as low as possible, however, cautioned that Nigerians must not stretch their luck too far.
He said: “Looking at the trends in the other countries, we must do all we can to avert the second wave of the pandemic. We must make sure that our cases, which have gone down, do not rise again. Our economy is too fragile to bear another round of lockdown.”
“Looking at the trends in the other countries, we must do all we can to avert the second wave of the pandemic. We must make sure that our cases, which have gone down, do not rise again. Our economy is too fragile to bear another round of lockdown,” Garba quoted the President as saying.
