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| Atiku Abubakar. |
As we celebrate the end of
Ramadan, it is important that we understand that the Holy Month was meant to
transform us by taking our attention from ourselves and focusing it on to
others.
During
Ramadan, we fasted that we might be better able to empathise with the hungry,
the poor and the downtrodden. After the fast, we must face the grim reality
that Nigeria is now the world headquarters for extreme poverty and the global
capital for out of school children population.
We
must also face the sober truth that our country faces a bleak harvest because
farmers in our food basket regions cannot go to farms due to the spiralling
insecurity in those geopolitical zones.
The
piety that we have just built up, after a month of fasting, puts us in a unique
position to make the personal and group sacrifices that will usher in JUSTICE,
UNITY, PEACE and PROSPERITY back in our land, if we remember that Ramadan is a
process, not an event.
A
process that refines us to live, and be on our best behaviour for eleven months
until the next Ramadan.
A
process that prepares us to ensure JUSTICE in our communities for
everyone, irrespective of their religion, region or inclination. We must
not forget the millions of our brothers and sisters that have been displaced by
terrorists, bandits and kidnappers. Theirs is a present suffering that can only
be dealt with when we have justice in our land.
That
is why the Quran says “O you who have believed, be persistently
standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves
or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allah is more worthy of
both”.
I
especially commend this surah to the 29 newly sworn in governors and
to those God has placed in leadership positions in the three arms of government
at all levels. We must do justice here on earth, because we expect God to do
justice to us when we meet with our Maker.
And
it is on this basis that I greet all Nigerians and the global Ummah. At the
beginning of this most important month, I wished you Ramadan Kareem. Now, I
wish you “Eid Mubarak.”
May
God bless you and your loved ones and may God bless Nigeria and bring peace
back to this land. Amin.
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