In a statement signed by Minority Leader Rep. Kingsley Chinda on Monday, opposition lawmakers extended their felicitations to Muslims celebrating this year’s Eid el-Kabir. The lawmakers commended the resilience of Nigerians and expressed confidence that, with God’s support, they will collectively overcome current challenges.
The statement read, “Clearly, this is a most difficult and challenging time for us as a people, as our dear country continues to grapple with governance, sociopolitical, and economic realities marked by unprecedented poor living conditions and harmful government policies. Indeed, our people are daily faced with the realities of hunger, excruciating pain, poverty, and numerous killings, abductions, and kidnappings across the country.”
“However, we hope and pray that this event will afford our Muslim brethren the opportunity to continue to pray for the unity, peace, and progress of our dear country, Nigeria. As a caucus, we are elated and most heartily rejoice with our Muslim brethren on this auspicious occasion, which is celebrated globally. We urge our Muslim brethren to continue to exhibit the spirit of tolerance, forgiveness, self-sacrifice, mutual love for one another, kind disposition, good neighborliness, and peaceful coexistence with others, as demonstrated by the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Unto Him).”